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Academic Year 2005/2006

Art and Truth in the History of Aesthetics
PHIL 335 SP
Crosslistings:
COL 335

This course is an intensive consideration of some primary classical and modern texts on issues of truth and cognition in relation to art. Questions considered include the differences between aesthetic 'knowledge,' on the one hand, and scientific and historical knowledge, on the other; the relationships between artistic intention and artistic meaning and between artistic truth and the evaluation of works of art; the roles of style and genre in artistic representation--and what the limits of artistic representation are.

MAJOR READINGS

Aristotle, POETICS
Plato, REPUBLIC, Bks. II and X
Kant, CRITIQUE OF JUDGMENT
Schiller, LETTERS ON THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF MAN
Hegel, INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON AESTHETICS
Nietzsche, BIRTH OF TRAGEDY
Selections from Marcuse and Adorno.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two short papers and a term paper.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA PHIL    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Lang,Berel    
Times: ...W... 07:00PM-09:50PM;     Location: FISK413;
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 15)
SR. major: 5   Jr. major: 5
SR. non-major: 3   Jr. non-major: 2   SO: X   FR: X

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Speaking, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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