PHIL227

The Art Instinct

15 points

Not offered 2024, offered in 2011

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Description

What is the nature of art and aesthetic experience? Is photography an art? What is creativity? What is artistic genius? Can cooking be an art? Is there a biological basis for the pleasures of art? This is a broad course to the Philosophy of Art, examining a range of philosophical problems aesthetics and value theory. Beyond philosophy students, the course is of interest to students with professional, historical, and a sociological interests in the arts, including music, painting and sculpture, literature, film and drama.

Prerequisites

Any 15 points at 100 level from ARTH or PHIL, or
any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Restrictions

ARTT203 and PHIL322