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PHIL-604 Aesthetics

3 Credits

  • PHIL-604-01

    Monday

    5:00 pm – 7:50 pm

    DeKalb Hall, 308

  • PHIL-604-02

    Tuesday

    5:00 pm – 7:50 pm

    DeKalb Hall, 308

  • PHIL-604-03

    Thursday

    5:00 pm – 7:50 pm

    DeKalb Hall, 308

Presents the main studies in the philosophy of art and criticism through both a historical and an analytic lens. It looks at the classical arguments of Plato, Kant, Hegel, and Dewey, as well as current conceptual frameworks for identifying what makes for a work of art. Emphasis is placed on the significance of these theories to the art of the twentieth century.