Christy Mag Uidhir

Academic Positions

University of Houston Associate Professor of Philosophy

City College of New York Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 2009-2011

Cornell University Postdoctoral Associate, 2007-2009

Education

Rutgers University Ph.D. in Philosophy, 2007

Committee: Peter Kivy (supervisor), Jerry Fodor, Stephen Neale, Noel Carroll

Brown University M.A. in History, 2000

Texas Christian University B.A. in History, B.A. in Philosophy, 1998

Areas of Specialization

Philosophy of Art & Aesthetics

Books

2013. Art & Art-Attempts. Oxford University Press. **Winner: American Society for Aesthetics Outstanding Monograph Award**

2013. Art & Abstract Objects. Oxford University Press. [Edited Volume]

Journal Articles

Forthcoming. Higher-Order Evidence for Aesthetic Subjectivists. British Journal of Aesthetics. (w/ Luis Oliveira)

Forthcoming. Appreciating Covers. Nordic Journal of Aesthetics. (w/ PD & Cristyn Magnus)

2022. Art Concept Pluralism Undermines the Definitional Project. The British Journal of Aesthetics. (w/ PD Magnus). 61(1): 81-84.

2018. Reply to My Critics. Symposium on Christy Mag Uidhir's Art & Art-Attempts. Journal of Aesthetic Education 52(2): 40-52.

2015. Introduction to Special Issue on Printmaking. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism 73(1): 1-8.

2013. Judging Covers. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism 71/4: 361-370 (w/ P.D. & Cristyn Magnus).

2013. How to Frame Serial Art. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism 71/3: 261-265.

2013. Epistemic Abuse of Pictorial Caricature. American Philosophical Quarterly 50/2.

2012. Getting Emotional Over Contours: Response to Seeley. Essays in Philosophy 13(2): 518-521.

2012. Aesthetics of Actor-Character Race Matching in Film Fictions. Philosophers' Imprint 12/3.

2012. Photographic Art: Ontology Fit to Print. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism 70/1: 31-42.

2011. Minimal Authorship (of Sorts). Philosophical Studies 154/3: 373-387.

2011. The Paradox of Suspense Realism. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism 69/2: 161-171.

2011. An Eliminativist Theory of Suspense. Philosophy and Literature 35/1: 121-133.

2011. Art Concept Pluralism. Metaphilosophy 42/1: 83-97 (with P.D. Magnus).

2011. Unrealistic Fictions. American Philosophical Quarterly 48/1: 33-46 (with Allan Hazlett).

2010. Failed-Art & Failed Art-Theory. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 88/3: 381-400.

2009. Why Pornography Can’t be Art. Philosophy and Literature 33/1: 193-203.

2009. Unlimited Additions to Limited Editions. Contemporary Aesthetics 7.

2007. Recordings as Performances. British Journal of Aesthetics 47/3: 298-314.

Book Chapters

2019. Cinematic Evil. Evil: The History of a Concept, ed. Andrew Chignell, Oxford University Press.

2016. A Miscast of Character: Actors, Characters, & Character Actors. In Questions of Character, ed. Iskra Fileva, Oxford University Press.

2016. Comics & Seriality. In The Routledge Companion to Comics, eds. Frank Bramlett, Roy T. Cook, & Aaron Meskin, Routledge.

2014. Portrait of the Artist as an Aesthetic Expert. In Aesthetics & The Sciences of Mind, eds. Gregory Currie, Matthew Kieran, Aaron Meskin, & Jon Robson, Oxford University Press (with Cameron Buckner)

2013. What's So Bad About Blackface? In Race, Film, & Philosophy, eds. Dan Flory & Mary Bloodsworth-Lugo, Routledge.

2013. Art, Metaphysics, & the Paradox of Standards. In Art & Abstract Objects, ed. Christy Mag Uidhir, Oxford University Press.

2013. Pornography at the Edge: Depiction, Fiction, & Sexual Predilection. In Art & Pornography, ed. Jerrold Levinson & Hans Maes, Oxford University Press (with Henry Pratt)

2012. Comics & Collective Authorship. In The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach, ed. Roy Cook & Aaron Meskin,Wiley-Blackwell.