Esthetıcs(PH206)
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH206 | Esthetıcs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prerequisites | |
| Admission Requirements |
| Language of Instruction | French |
| Course Type | Compulsory |
| Course Level | Bachelor Degree |
| Course Instructor(s) | Paul Albert Andre BALLANFAT paul.ballanfat@gmail.com (Email) |
| Assistant | |
| Objective | Knowledge of aesthetic theories and approaches from a philosophical viewpoint |
| 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 |
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 |
Practice Topics
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|
Contribution to Overall Grade
| Number | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 0 | 50 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 0 | 50 |
| Toplam | 0 | 100 |
In-Term Studies
| 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 |
| Toplam | 1 | 100 |
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||