What Is Art?

Public Lecture by Professor Alva Noë from the University of California, Berkeley, on December 14, 2016. ' 424/2016 from Dec 01, 2016 What is art? Why is it important for people? And what does the fact that we regard art as important reveal about human beings' Alva Noë, a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, will address these issues in a Dahlem Humanities Center Lecture entitled 'Art and Entanglement' on December 14, 2016. He will discuss the complex entanglements between life and art. The event is being held within the framework of a recently formed strategic partnership between Freie Universität and UC Berkeley. Professor Noë will give his lecture in English. The event is public, and admission is free. Alva Noë studied philosophy at Oxford and Harvard.