Esthetıcs (PH206) | GSÜ - ECTS Information Guide

Content

Objective

Knowledge of aesthetic theories and approaches from a philosophical viewpoint

Course Content

Comparative knowledge of ancient and modern approaches to the situation of art and the value of beautiful; kantian theory of beautiful and sublime; epistemological evaluation of aesthetic judgments; problems concerning history of arts; work of art and meta-aesthetic problems

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Comparative knowledge of ancient and modern approaches to the situation of art and the value of beautiful

2. Kantian theory of beautiful and sublime

3. Epistemological evaluation of aesthetic judgments. ,

4. Problems concerning history of arts; work of art and meta-aesthetic problems

Teaching and Learning Methods

Reading and interpretation of textes and synthesis

References

Plato, The Republic
Plato, Timaeus
Aritotle, Poetics
Kant, Critique of Judgment

Weekly Contents

Theory Topics
Week	Weekly Contents
1	Ontological value of work of art in Plato’s Idea theory
2	From the question of demiurge and from creation to the question of production
3	Difference between work of art and production
4	Kantian critique of sensory judgments and aesthetic judgments
5	Of utility and impartiality in the judgments of taste
6	Of art as endless end and as freedom of taste
7	On use of faculties and its relation to different judgments
8	-exam-
9	Of difference between object itself and its form or its representation
10	Question of beauty and nature independent of its end
11	From form to inform: question of sublime mathematics and dynamics
12	From harmonious relation between imagination and understanding to discordant relation between violated imagination and reason
13	Genesis of Ideas of reason as meta-aesthetic
14	Meta-aesthetics as the place of meditation on nature’s supersensory end within ourselves and outside of ourselves

Assessment System

Contribution to Overall Grade
Activities	Number	Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade	0	50
Contribution of final exam to overall grade	0	50
Total	0	100

In-Term Studies
Activities	Number	Contribution
Assignments	0	0
Presentation	0	0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation)	1	50
Project	0	0
Laboratory	0	0
Other Applications	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Term Paper/ Project	0	0
Portfolio Study	0	0
Reports	0	0
Learning Diary	0	0
Thesis/ Project	0	0
Seminar	0	0
Other	0	50
Total	1	100

Relation of Proficiency

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Analyze philosophical texts with analytical and critical rigor;					X
2	Get an exhaustive knowledge on the history of philosophy; from antiquity to 20th century;		X
3	Provide access to information and expertise in the fields of systematic philosophy, such as ethic, esthetic, history of science, philosophy of society;					X
4	Establish the relation between philosophy and other fields of knowledge, such as, history, psychology, anthropology, sociology and other positive sciences;			X
5	Learn the theories of political science and the philosophical evaluation of historical and actual events;		X
6	Have a sufficient level of French and English in order to follow philosophical debates;					X
7	Have a sufficient level of the ancient Greek, Latin and Ottoman languages for reading philosophical texts written in these;
8	Develop a creative thinking and a knowledge of aesthetic theories which will allow the analysis of artworks and the history of art;					X
9	Acquire academic research methods and writing ability as well as to develop analytical skills, interpretation and criticism.					X

ECTS

Activities	Number	Period	Total Workload
Class Hours	14	3	42
Working Hours out of Class	10	7	70
Midterm Examinations (including preparation)	1	15	15
Final Examinations (including preparation)	1	23	23
Total Workload			150
Total Workload / 25			6.00
Credits ECTS			6