Lectures on Tap - "Good Taste: Why Some Judgements Are Better Than Others"

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🧠 Lecture: "Good Taste: Why Some Judgements Are Better Than Others"

🎤 Speaker: Dr. Aaron Meskin

Join us for a thought‑provoking evening as Dr. Aaron Meskin explores one of the most puzzling features of our lives with art: how judgments of “good” and “bad” can matter when tastes vary so widely.

We often say “there’s no disputing taste,” yet we constantly dispute it—insisting that some works, artists, or even diss tracks are better than others. Why do certain artworks, like The Odyssey, endure for centuries? Are they genuinely better, or just more familiar?

Drawing on philosophical aesthetics and psychology, Dr. Meskin will unpack how factors like the mere exposure effect shape what we like, while still leaving room for the idea that some aesthetic judgments really are better grounded than others.

Dr. Aaron Meskin is Professor and Head of Philosophy at the University of Georgia and former Professor of Philosophical Aesthetics at the University of Leeds (UK). He has published widely on aesthetics, philosophical psychology, and the philosophy of food, and has edited or co-edited seven books, including Opposite: Poems, Philosophy and Coffee and The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach.

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Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.