PHI 505 - Core Course in Philosophy and the Arts: History of Aesthetic Theory

The basic course will investigate some of the most important and influential theories of art in the West from Plato to the present. Readings and discussion in depth of major figures will make up the content of the course: e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Collingwood, Langer, Merleau-Ponty, Dufrenne. The focus throughout will be on central issues in aesthetics such as imitation, truth, beauty, expression, emotion, and imagination.

3 credits

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

Offered Fall Spring every year

Repeatable May be repeated for credit.