Bence Nanay is Professor of Philosophy and BOF Research Professor at the

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and has worked as a film critic. He is co-director of the Centre for Philosophical Psychology at the University of Antwerp and Senior Research Associate at

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Biography

Bence Nanay is Professor of Philosophy and BOF Research Professor at the

. He has been Visiting Professor at a number of universities in France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland ( Università della Svizzera Italiana). He is co-director of the centre for Philosophical Psychology at the University His research focuses on philosophy of mind, philosophy of biology and aesthetics. His work is widely discussed in journals like ''

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'', ''Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science'', ''Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences'' and ''Philosophical Psychology''. Nanay is the primary investigator of the Between Perception and Action project at the University of Antwerp, supported by a million euro grant from Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) (English: Flemish Research Foundation). He is also the primary investigator of the Seeing Things You Don't See project, supported by a 2-million euro Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council He is the editor of ''

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''s special issue on the philosophy of

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and the editor on the centenary special issue on

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in ''

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''. Nanay is also known for his work as a film critic. He served as a jury member at a number of major film festivals, including the Chicago International Film Festival, the San Francisco Film Festival, the Miami International Film Festival and the Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina).

Bibliography

* Bence Nanay. (editor) ''Perceiving the World'' (Oxford University Press, 2010). * Bence Nanay. ''Between Perception and Action'' (Oxford University Press, 2013). * Bence Nanay. ''Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception'' (Oxford University Press, 2016.). * Bence Nanay. ''Aesthetics: A Very Short Introduction'' (Oxford University Press, 2019.). * Bence Nanay. ''Aesthetic Life and Why It Matters'' (Oxford University Press, 2021 (co-written with Dominic McIvor Lopes and Nick Riggle).).

References

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