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Aesthetics

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Course ID:	3800-EST23-M-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0223) Philosophy and ethics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Aesthetics
Name in Polish:	Estetyka
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Philosophy
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty ogólnouniwersyteckie Wydziału Filozofii General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	4.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective monographs general courses
Short description:	The aim of the course is to offer an introduction to main concepts, methods and perspective of Western philosophical aesthetics presented as one of major fields of philosophy from ancient Greece to the 21st century.
Full description:	The aim of the course is to offer an introduction to main concepts, methods and perspective of Western philosophical aesthetics presented as one of major fields of philosophy from ancient Greece to the 21st century. During the course such questions will be raised: - what is an aesthetic experience (aesthetic appreciation)? - what are the main aesthetic categories? - what is the „modern system of the arts”? - is art an institution? - what is an artistic canon? - what is aesthetic taste? - is it possible to define art? - is art a language? - what is the difference between illusion and fiction? - what are the relations between aesthetics and politics?
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Dziemidok B., Główne kontrowersje estetyki współczesnej Estetyki filozoficzne XX w., red. K. Wilkoszewska Morawski S., Główne nurty estetyki XX w. Pölner G.. Estetyka filozoficzna Tatarkiewicz W., Historia estetyki The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics
Learning outcomes:	Acquired knowledge: - knowledge of research methods and argumentative strategies used in philosophical aesthetics - knowledge of the basic philosophical Polish terminology typical of philosophical aesthetics Acquired skills: - ability to interpret philosophical texts, comment on them and confront different theses - ability to analyze philosophical argumentation and identify logical relations between the theses Acquired social skills: - identifying one’s knowledge and skills - identifying lacunae in one’s knowledge and skills and searching for possibilities to eliminate them
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Final written test Number of absences: 2 in a semester

Classes in period "Academic year 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU WYK-MON WYK-MON W TH FR
Type of class:	Monographic lecture, 60 hours, 25 places more information
Coordinators:	Iwona Lorenc, Mateusz Salwa
Group instructors:	Iwona Lorenc, Mateusz Salwa
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Examination:	Course - Grading Monographic lecture - Grading

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