About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The aim of Aesthetic Investigations is to develop contemporary debates in philosophical aesthetics, and initiate new ones—and to do this from any available angle. We welcome contributions from analytical as well as continental philosophers of art.

Aesthetic Investigations encourages philosophical discussion amongst philosophers, humanities researchers and critics, of all the arts; and those interested in the aesthetics of the everyday---about art and aesthetics and their roles in society. Aesthetic Investigations also encourages debates about philosophical issues regarding one or the other of the art forms; the impact of works of art on their public, political, ethical, cultural context, and of these contexts on the works; the ontology of art, and their definition, and so on.

Aesthetic Investigations publishes articles online on a rolling basis. The articles are categorized into two special issues each year. We encourage reports of artistic research activities. The Arts & Artists-section is devoted to the contribution of artistic scrutiny and artistic research and includes art-critical discussion, texts written by artists, interviews with artists as well as with philosophers of art.

The Fresh-section is not peer-reviewed, and is devoted to shorter pieces introducing fresh new thrilling considerations, that may not immediately fit within the academic debates. This section also allows criticism of articles from the Articles-section. Criticism of articles from other journals shall count as articles.

Overall, we adhere to the view that philosophical communication is possible at many levels. Yet we do not assume that all philosophers speak the same language. We intend to let all philosophies speak in their own tongue, allowing them to clarify their points using their own philosophical jargon. The clarification, it is our hope, is what will bring about the conversation. Let us all be clear — in our own terms.

Indexing Services

Aesthetic Investigations is indexed in ERIH Plus, Google Scholar and OCLC WorldCat.

Journal History

This journal was founded in 2001, as a Dutch journal, under the name of Esthetica. Tijdschrift voor kunst en filosofie. This is archived at http://estheticatijdschrift.nl

It was re-established as an international, anonymous, peer reviewed, open access journal, in 2015, as Aesthetic Investigations (all English). It is published by the Dutch Association of Aesthetics.