ESA189 Frege, Gödel, Wittgenstein

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 13:20–14:55 B11
Prerequisites
Critical thinking.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The goal: chosen aesthetic concepts or problems will be analyzed. The difference between facts and values will be discussed as well as the question if we can get to know something via art, if there is any relation between art and truth. A definition of beauty will be stressed: inside it a theory o faesthetic properties is to have its fundament. Aesthetic concepts, ontology of a work of art, values, the problem of an objectigvity of a work. A sense of artistic and/or aesthetic critics will be also discussed on the background of the given definition of beauty.
Syllabus
  • Ontology of a work of art. Good Argumentation. Sokals Affair. Sensual knowledge, skepticism, indirect realism: Berkeley, Descartes, Hume, Kant. Definition in general: Can art be defined? Ogden, Richards. Aesthetic concepts. What do we, as aestheticians, talk about? Ontology of a work of art: what is music, a picture? Properties. What is it? What properties do properties have? Is a form more important than a content? Does it matter? What are features of aesthetic judgement? Is beauty subjective or objective? What is taste? Canonical art. Critics.
Literature
  • Sämtliche Werke (Orig.) : Filosofie, umění a náboženství a jejich vztah k mravnosti a státu. info
  • GRAHAM, Gordon. Filosofie umění. 1. vyd. Praha: Barrister & Principal, 2000, 251 s. ISBN 80-85947-53-6. info
  • NEILL, Alex and Aaron RIDLEY. The philosophy of art : readings ancient and modern. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995, xviii, 569. ISBN 0070461929. info
  • SHEPPARD, Anne. Aesthetics : an introduction to the philosophy of art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987, 172 s. ISBN 0192891642. info
  • GENTILE, Giovanni. The philosophy of art. Translated by Giovanni Gullace. 1st publ. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1972, c, 292. info
  • ALDRICH, Virgil C. Philosophy of art. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1963, xi, 116. info
  • HEGEL, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Filosofie, umění a náboženství a jejich vztah k mravnosti a státu : Sämtliche Werke (Orig.). Vyd. 1. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1943, 408 s. info
  • TAINE, Hippolyte Adolphe. Filosofie umění. Edited by Oldřich Sýkora. V Praze: Nákladem Josefa Pelcla, 1913, xxxi, 543. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Přednáškový cyklus. ukončení písemným testem: bude upřesněno přednášejícím.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught only once.
General note: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005.
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