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call for nominations for editor of JAAC Roger Seamon on A Response to W. P. Seeley, “What Is the Cognitive Science of Art… and Why Should We Care?” Peg Brand on Creating Feminist Visual Parodies Keith Lehrer on Painting Over the Mind-Body Problem Casey Haskins on Reflections on Aesthetics and Jazz Drumming William P. Seeley on The Science of Art Is as Relevant to the Philosophy of Art as Artistic Representations Are to Science: A Reply to Roger Seamon ASA Rocky Mountain Division Meeting Call for Papers ASA Annual Meeting Call for Papers ASA Pacific Division Meeting Program and Registration ASA Eastern Division Meeting Program and Registration download the current ASA Newsletter

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