PHIL 202 - Introduction to the Philosophy of the Arts

(3 units) CO7

Varieties of artistic representation and expression, the relationship of artworks to their embodiments, and the nature of interpretation and aesthetic response.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. show their familiarity with art-historical developments in the 20th century, primarily in the visual arts.
2. analyze some fundamental issues and problems in philosophical aesthetics at a basic level.
3. distinguish better and worse reasons and arguments (in texts concerned with topics in aesthetics).
4. show how philosophical concerns are relevant to an understanding of the arts.

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