Aesthetics
General data
Course ID: | 3800-EST23-M-OG |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
08.1
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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
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Language: | Polish |
Type of course: | elective monographs |
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 |
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Type of class: |
Monographic lecture, 60 hours, 25 places
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Coordinators: | Iwona Lorenc, Mateusz Salwa | |
Group instructors: | Iwona Lorenc, Mateusz Salwa | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: |
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Monographic lecture - Grading |
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