Belated congratulations to Blake Gopnik for his article on neuroesthetics. The ideas expressed by the participants both at this conference,as well as at previous conferences and in their published work, seem to belong to a bygone age. It was perceptive of Gopnik to make reference to Duchamp. Unless his contribution, as well as that of his various commentators over the last eighty years, is factored into the equation, the new neuroestheticians would seem to be searching in vain for a non-contingent and universal definition of the concept of "art". Thierry de Duve, in his book "Kant after Duchamp", has a chapter entitled "Art was a Proper Name". Perhaps this should be recommended reading for the champions of neuroesthetics.

Belated congratulations to Blake Gopnik for his article on neuroesthetics. The ideas expressed by the participants both at this conference,as well as at previous conferences and in their published work, seem to belong to a bygone age. It was perceptive of Gopnik to make reference to Duchamp. Unless his contribution, as well as that of his various commentators over the last eighty years, is factored into the equation, the new neuroestheticians would seem to be searching in vain for a non-contingent and universal definition of the concept of "art". Thierry de Duve, in his book "Kant after Duchamp", has a chapter entitled "Art was a Proper Name". Perhaps this should be recommended reading for the champions of neuroesthetics.