Undergraduate Course: Philosophy of Art (LLLI07006)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (PPL) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | A historical approach to the philosophical problems which are presented by art: its production and its appreciation. Commencing with the ancient Greeks, the course proceeds, via the 18th and 19th centuries, to key 20th-century ideas on the nature and role of art. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Lifelong Learning - Session 3, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 10 |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
21/04/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will be able:
¿ To provide an overview of some key developments in aesthetics, from the ancient Greeks to the present day;
¿ To identify key debates, and to adopt and defend a position with regard to these;
¿ To evaluate arguments presented by theorists working in the field of aesthetics.
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Assessment Information
| Open Studies 10 credit courses have one assessment. Normally, the assessment is a 2000 word essay, worth 100% of the total mark, submitted by week 12. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 40%. There are a small number of exceptions to this model which are identified in the Studying for Credit Guide. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Content of course
1. Plato's Republic Book X
2. Aristotle's Poetics
3. Hutcheson's An Inquiry Concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony, Design.
4. Hume's Essay on the Standard of Taste
5. Kant's Critique of Judgement.
6. Schopenhauer: Parerga and Paralipomena
7. Nietzsche: Birth of Tragedy.
8. Tolstoy: What is Art?
9. Sartre: The Psychology of the Imagination.
10. Barthes: The Death of the Author.
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Extracts from the texts studied will be provided to students.
Optional background reading:
Beardsley, M.C., 1966. Aesthetics from Classical Greece to the Present - A Short History. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
Cazeaux, C., ed., 2000. The Continental Aesthetics Reader. London: Routledge.
Kearney, R. and Rasmussen, D., eds., 2001. Continental Aesthetics - An Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell.
Dickie, G., Sclafani, R. and Roblin, R., eds., 1989. Aesthetics - A Critical Anthology. 2nd ed. New York: St Martin's.
Rice, P. and Waugh, P. 2001. Modern Literary Theory. 4th ed. London: Arnold.
Web sources
There will be a course home page, accessible via a link from http://www.glaucon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
This will contain extracts from primary sources, tutorial questions, and weekly summaries of work covered.
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr James Mooney
Tel: (0131 6)50 3077
Email: james.mooney@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Diane Mcmillan
Tel: (0131 6)50 6912
Email: D.McMillan@ed.ac.uk |
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