Dates for critical question/comment
Dates for CQ last 3 classes
Paper Assignment and Some Possible Topics
Suggestions for Writing Your Philosophy Paper
Students - Evaluate your Courses & Faculty Online through Dec 10
Explanation of Final Quiz Score
Final Exam
Thursday, Dec 4th, 8am,
in classroom
**Final Exam Study Questions**
AESTHETICS OF NATURE
Noel Carroll, “On Being Moved by Nature: Between Religion and Natural History,” Arguing, pp. 172-191
Allen Carlson, “Aesthetic Appreciation of the Natural Environment,” Arguing, pp. 157-171
(Free Quiz Opportunity)
Finish Davies, Ch 8: The Value of Art, pp. 199-231
Goldfish Blending Art? on class web page
“Is Starving a Dog Art? Depends, Art Professor Say” on class webpage
“Artist Leaves Dog To Die on Exhibition Display” (Snopes discussion)
VALUES AND ART
Davies, Ch 8: The Value of Art, pp. 199-231
V
ideo: Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will
Fri, Nov 14, 14 Glebe. 3:15.
(Free Quiz Opportunity)
Kendall Walton, “Morals in Fiction and Fictional Morality”
Fri, Nov 7, 3:15 Alumni Center, 86 Wentworth (corner w/ St. Philip)
ENVIRONMENTAL ART
Glen Parsons, “Art in Nature” on class webpage
Video: Andy Goldsworthy, “Rivers and Tides”
REPRESENTATION AND ART
Davies, Ch. 7: Pictorial Representation and the Visual Arts, pp. 167-195
EMOTION AND ART
Davies, Ch 6 (again)
What's a Good Major?
What College Graduates Regret (Humor)
Liberal Arts Grads Win Long-Term
Why Major in Philosophy?
Is Philosophy the Most Practical Major?
GRE scores by Major
Discussion of above
Davies, Ch 6: Expression and Emotional Responses, pp. 135-166
Berys Gaut, “The Paradox of Horror,” Arguing, pp. 317-329
Friday, Oct 17: Paper proposal due
by email to hettingern@cofc.edu
Oct 16
Alex Neill, “Fiction and the Emotions,” Arguing, pp. 272-288
Literature helps in mind-reading others (supermarket novels do not)
Paradox of Fiction (encyclopedia article)
"Who Cares How You Listen?"
Margaret Moore, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Friday, Oct 17, 4pm, 14 Glebe
(Free Quiz Opportunity)
MEANING, INTENTION, AND INTERPRETATION
Davies, Ch 5: Interpretation, pp. 109-134
Tues, Oct. 14: An Evening with David Finkel 7:00pm in the Sottile Theatre
Finkel is the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter and author of
The Good Soldiers,The College Reads! Book for 2014-2015
(Free Quiz Opportunity)
THE ONTOLOGY OF ARTWORKS
Same as below (Davies, Ch. 4)
"Two Concepts of Improvisation or What to Do with a Broken String"
Lydia Goehr, Thurs, Oct 9, 4:15, Robert Scott Small, Room 235
(Free Quiz Opportunity)
Aesthetics Work Group meeting with Goehr, Friday, Oct 10, 4pm, 14 Glebe (location may change)
(Free Quiz Opportunity)
Davies, Ch. 4: Varieties of Art, pp. 81-108
**Thurs, Oct 2: MIDTERM EXAM**
Midterm Study Questions
ROCK VERSUS CLASSICAL MUSIC
Stephen Davies, “Rock versus Classical Music”
Bruce Baugh, “Prolegomena to Any Aesthetics of Rock Music”
(September 21−27)
Roger Scruton, “The Decline of Musical Culture,” Arguing, pp. 121-136
WHAT IS AESTHETIC APPRECIATION?
Finish reading Davies, Ch. 3: Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art, pp. 52-80
"How To Be An Optimist About Aesthetic Testimony”
Rachel McKinnon, Thursday, Sept 18, 4pm, 14 Glebe lounge
(Free quiz opportunity)
Moral Rights and Works of Art, or Its My Monet So Why Can't I Paint Over It?
Honors College Lecture Series - Jonathan Neufeld
Friday, Sept 19, 3pm, Maybank 100
(Free quiz opportunity)
About Fun Home author/artist and MacArthur fellow Allison Betchdel
Davies, Ch. 3: Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art, pp. 52-80
PUBLIC ART AND CENSORSHIP
Peter Levine, “Lessons from the Brooklyn Museum Controversy”
“Quebec Special Effects Artist Not guilty of Corrupting Morals”
Michael Kelly, “Public Art controversy: The Serra and Lin cases,” Arguing, pp. 427-439
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (video)
“Transcript of a Hearing to Decide the Future of Tilted Arc,” Arguing, pp. 399-405
Gregg Horowitz, “Public Art /Public Spaces: Spectacle of the Tilted Arc Controversy,” Arguing, 416-426
Dave Barry, “Does Public Art Make Sense?” (humor)
WHAT IS ART?
“Is it Art or Just a Toilet Seat?” on class webpage
Duchamp's In Advance of a Broken Arm (1915)
Emin's My Bed (1999)
$1.1 million sculpture damaged by cleaning woman in German museum
ORIGINS OF ART
Stephen Davies, The Philosophy of Art (hereafter “Davies”), Ch. 1: Evolution and Culture, pp. 1-25
PBS "Flashpoints"
(on controversial art, excellent site)
Tortoises with iPads in Aspen Museum
Should museums return stolen artworks?
Greece Urges Return of Sculptures
The Fine Art of Returning Art
Thinking about College
A Learning Secret: Don’t Take Notes with a Laptop
What College Graduates Regret (Humor)
