Francis Halsall is lecturer in the history and theory of modern/contemporary art at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin . His research focuses on theories of art after modernism (and in particular the systems-theoretical approach such as that of Niklas Luhmann). He is the author of Systems of Art (Peter Lang, 2008) and co-editor (with Julia Jansen & Tony O´Connor) of Rediscovering Aesthetics , (Stanford University Press, 2008). Recent articles include: One Sense is Never Enough´ Journal of Visual Art Practice (October, 2004); Art History versus Aesthetics?´ in Elkins, J, (ed.) Art History Versus Aesthetics , (Routledge, 2005); and Chaos, Fractals and the Pedagogical Challenge of Jackson Pollock´s All-Over´ Paintings´, Journal of Aesthetic Education , (2008)
Julia Jansen is lecturer in Philosophy at University College Cork, Ireland . Her current research explores the intersections of Kant´s Philosophy of Mind, Husserlian Phenomenology, Aesthetics, and Cognitive Science. Her recent publications include: "Husserl´s First Philosophy of Phantasy: A Transcendental Phenomenology of Imagination," in: Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences (2005); "Schnittstelle und Brennpunkt: Das ästhetische Erlebnis als Aufgabe für eine Kooperation von Phänomenologie und Neurowissenschaft," in: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven der Phänomenologie , ed. by D. Lohmar und D. Fonfara (Springer, 2006). Currently she is finishing a monograph on imagination and transcendental philosophy in Kant and Husserl. She is the co-editor (with Francis Halsall & Tony O´Connor) of Rediscovering Aesthetics (Stanford University Press, 2008).
Sinéad Murphy lectures in Philosophy at the Newcastle University . Her background is in Aesthetics, Hermeneutics and literary theory, and her current research is into the extent to, and manner in, whichhermeneutic philosophy exemplifies a constructive mode of philosophical practice. She is a regular contributor at the conferences of, for example, the Irish Philosophical Society, the Society for European Philosophy and the International Association for Philosophy and Literature, and has published on Kant´s sublime and on feminist literary theory.
