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ABSTRACT
Two distinct domains of philosophic enquiry are selected in order to disclose the core dynamics and concerns of a particular mode of “aesthetic skepsis” (“Skepoiesis”). Aspects of philosophy of cosmology and philosophy of infinity are considered in ways that serve to discipline the diminution of “belief” (dogmatization) and the cultivation of creativity. The journey begins with a skeptic ego that is phenomenologically “empty” but wedded to a rhetoric of “darkness and light.” The result is a skepsis that needs to recapture and reconfigure aesthetics and art in order to represent and communicate itself. “Skepoiesis” is a “subtle knot”: it actively manifests as a “need for art” as well as enquiries into the problematics of philosophical aesthetics from the standpoint of creative skepsis.
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Martin Ovens
A Visiting Scholar and member of Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK, since 2005, Martin Ovens teaches courses in Philosophy and Religious Studies for OUDCE. He is a member of the editorial committees of the journals Culture and Dialogue, and Comparative Philosophy. Among his publications are contributions to the Encyclopedia of Hinduism (ed. D. Cush et al., Routledge, 2008) on Indian philosophy, including “Hindu Influence on Western Culture.” The edited volume What is Comparative Philosophy? (CSP) is forthcoming. [email protected]