第十二次国际哲学会议于1958年9月15～18日在威尼斯举行,接着在19日举行了美学讨论会。会议本身关于美学共提出十篇论文,不过真正宣读的只有六篇。宣布的论文题目如下:(英)亚诺德(Sidney Arnold),“美学中的伦理原则”;(法)艾弗尔(Amédée Ayfre),“艺术美的两个来源”;(葡)奥里凡拉(José Bacelar E.Oliveira),题未定;(英)贝德福(Errol Bedford),“艺术创造中的灵感和自我批评”; The Twelfth International Philosophy Conference was held in Venice on September 15-18, 1958, followed by an aesthetics seminar on the 19th. The conference itself ten papers on aesthetics, but only really read six. The titles of the papers that were announced were as follows: Sidney Arnold, Ethical Principles in Aesthetics; Amédée Ayfre, “Two Sources of Artistic Beauty;” José Bacelar E. Oliveira, undecided; (English) Errol Bedford, “Inspiration and self-criticism in artistic creation”;