Research areas
His research interests include: aesthetics, especially its relation to ethics; the philosophy of creativity; the philosophy of film and film theory; philosophy for children; and moral theory.
He is a past President of the British Society of Aesthetics and an Editorial Consultant toÌýThe British Journal of Aesthetics. He has held several research awards, including most recently a two-year Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship.
He the author of two monographs,ÌýArt, Emotion and EthicsÌý(Oxford University Press, 2007) andÌýA Philosophy of Cinematic ArtÌý(Cambridge University Press, 2010). He is currently working on a new monograph on creativity.
Selected publications
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Gaut, B., 2007, Oxford University Press. 269 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Gaut, B., 2010, Cambridge University Press. 337 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Gaut, B. N. (Editor) & Kieran, M. (Editor), 6 Mar 2018, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 394 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Gaut, B. N., 6 Mar 2018, Creativity and Philosophy. Gaut, B. & Kieran, M. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 124-139
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Gaut, B. & Gaut, M., 19 Aug 2011, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 128 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Gaut, B., 2016, Current Controversies in Philosophy of Film. Thomson-Jones, K. (ed.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 17-35 18 p. (Current Controversies in Philosophy).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Gaut, B., Oct 2014, In: Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements. 75, p. 183-202 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gaut, B., 29 May 2014, The Philosophy of Creativity: New Essays. Paul, E. S. & Kaufman, S. B. (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, p. 265-287 23 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Gaut, B., 2003, The Creation of Art: New Essays in Philosophical Aesthetics. Gaut, B. & Livingston, P. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 148-173
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Gaut, B. & Carroll, N. (Editor), 2000
Research output: Other contribution
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