Professor Fisher has done research in philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophy of mind, animal mentality, aesthetics and philosophy of music.
Call for Papers: Fisher and Jeanette Bicknell are editing a special issue of the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism on Song, Songs and Singing. The deadline for submissions is Jan. 16, 2012. Here is a link to the CFP.
Area of Current Interest: Aesthetics, environmental aesthetics and Philosophy of the Arts.
Current Research Projects: The aesthetic value of wild animals, the possibility that nature is aesthetically creative, high versus low arts, the role (and nature) of taste in aesthetic judgments, the definition of music, the nature of songs and popular music, the relation of language to aesthetic qualities, a theory of entertainment and the ontology of performance.
Link to Selected & On-Line Publications
He is also married to a terrific painter, Virginia Maitland. Here is a link to her web site. And here is her painting, "Finding the Perfect Partner"
“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
