Topics in Philosophy of Art

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The methods adopted combine lectures to introduce the major outlines of the topics with extensive discussion of texts and issues.

Learning Outcomes

This course focuses on certain topics in the philosophy of art. The couse will inyroduce students to fundamental reflections on art, which at least since Plato it is possible to identify throughout the history of philosophy. It is important to emphasize what has been called “speculative philosophy of art” and to distinguish philosophy of art from aesthetics. At the end of the semester, students should: 1) have improved their skills in the reading and interpretation of classic philosophical texts; 2) have read in depth 2 or 3 works proposed by the teacher; 3) be able to relate their respective themes to the general philosophical discourse on aesthetic experience and art; 4) be able to understand the complexity of the close relation and the distance between “philosophy” and “art”.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

This course is designed to introduce students to topics in philosophy of art. This is achieved by reading and analyzing relevant philosophical texts proposed.

Head Lecturer(s)

António Pedro Couto da Rocha Pita

Assessment Methods

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Continuous evaluation
Discussion, attendance and partipation: 15.0%
Final Take Home Essay : 25.0%
Writing assignments and exams : 60.0%

Bibliography

CHATEAU, Dominique, La philosophie de l'art:fondation et fondements. Paris: l'Harmattan, 2000

DANTO, Arthur, The philosophical disenfranchisement of art. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993

SCHAEFFER, Jean-Marie, L'art de l'âge moderne. Paris: Gallimard, 1992.