Damon Young

Associate in Philosophy, University of Melbourne

Damon Young is a philosopher and author. He is an associate in philosophy at the University of Melbourne, and founding faculty at the School of Life in Melbourne. His latest book is The Art of Reading (2016). He lives in Melbourne, Australia.

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Written by Damon Young

A woman examining a urinal displayed in a glass case, a replica of Marcel Duchamp’s artwork “Fountain” signed “R. Mutt 1917”

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Beauty and aesthetics

It is and it isn’t

Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ is not just a radical kind of art. It’s a philosophical dialetheia: a contradiction that is true

Damon Young & Graham Priest

Painting of a colourful garden with various flowers, trees and a pathway. In the background, there are cypress trees and a low wall.

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Architecture

The wisdom of gardens

Gardens expand our thinking. At times of crisis they console, school us in emotional generosity, and show us that life goes on

Damon Young