ESA005 Lectures on the History of Aesthetics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. Dr. phil. Jakub Mácha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Dr. phil. Jakub Mácha, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:40 D51, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites
ESA225 Introduction into Aesthetics
There is a pre-requisite: ESA225 Introduction to Aesthetics
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
Course objectives
The main aim of the course is to introduce the key themes of Immanuel Kant's aesthetics as presented in the Critique of Judgment.
Learning outcomes
Assuming regular active participation in and successful completion of this seminar on Kant's Critique of Judgment (1788), the student will be able to understand the structure and key passages of this not altogether easy work; this presupposes an understanding of the role of this third Critique in the overall system of transcendental philosophy. Furthermore, this active student will be oriented in the basic schools of thought of Kant's rationalist (Baumgarten, Mendelssohn) and empiricist predecessors (Burke, Hume). By the end of the course, he or she will also have an overview of contemporary major interpretations of the Critique of Judgment (Henry Allison, Paul Guyer, Heinz Petzold, and others).
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, allotment of presentations 2. Aesthetics of Enlightenment, Kant’s predecessors (Baumgarten, Mendelssohn, Burke, Hume) 3. The idea of Transcendental Philosophy 4. The Critique of Judgement: Preface, Introduction 5. Analytic of the Beautiful I, §§1-9 6. Analytic of the Beautiful II, §§10-22 7. Analytic of the Sublime, §§23-29 8. Deduction of Pure Aesthetic Judgements I, §§30-43 9. Deduction of Pure Aesthetic Judgements II, §§43-54 10. Dialectic/Methodology of Aesthetic Judgement, §§55-60 11. Contemporary prominent interpretations (Henry Allison, Paul Guyer, Heinz Petzold and others).
Literature
  • Kritik der Urtheilskraft (Orig.) : Kritika soudnosti. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Kritika soudnosti. Edited by Tomáš Koblížek, Translated by Vladimír Špalek - Walter Hansel. Druhé, upravené vydání. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2015, 343 stran. ISBN 9788072985005. info
  • ZÁTKA, Vlastimil. Kantova teorie estetiky : studie k dějinám filozofie 18. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 1994, 159 s. ISBN 8070070560. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Kritika soudnosti. Edited by Milan Sobotka, Translated by Vladimír Špalek - Walter Hansel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1975, 271 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, interpretation of text, homework
Assessment methods
During the semester, the student will present a short paper and develop a handout for other students. The paper can be recorded and submitted as a video presentation. The topic should be agreed upon in advance, typically it will be a few paragraphs from the primary text.
Náhradní absolvování
The course can be completed online.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Určeno pro bakalářský program oboru Estetika.
Teacher's information
The Critique of Pure Reason was published in 1781, the second significantly revised edition came out in 1787; the both additional critiques (The Critique of Practical Reason, 1788 and The Critique of Judgment, 1790) were not, however, intended in the work on this second edition. In the preface to the Critique of Judgment, Kant proposed to justify these three critiques in their systematics, i.e., in their mutual relationship. Only with the critique of taste or with the critique of the power of judgment, it is possible to establish the borderline between a critical and a doctrinal use of the reason, that is, between the critique of the cognitive capacities and the system of science to be created. The Critique of Judgment consists of two parts: “The Critique of Aesthetic Judgment” and “The Critique of Teleological Judgment”. In the first part, Kant gave – in passing – an outline of philosophical aesthetics by analyzing judgments of taste.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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