Aesthetics--Hettinger--Fall-2009

Philosophy 280: Aesthetics
Hettinger, Fall 2009

Rene Magritte (1935)	Syllabus Davies Question Sign-up Midterm Study Questions Final Exam Study Questions Paper Assignment	Revised Schedule (Original) Schedule of Assignments Suggestions for writing your philosophy paper	Lita Albuquerque & Jean de Pomereu (Photo) (2006)
READING NOTES	READINGS FOR CLASS	MISCELLANEOUS	IMAGES, AUDIO, VIDEO
Davies, Ch 1: Evolution and Culture
Telfer, Food as Art		about Stephen Davies	Bower Bird Aesthetic Nest Building
Davies, Ch 2: Defining Art Overview of Ch 2	"Artist"Leaves Dog To Die on Exhibition Display Goldfish in Blender Causes Curiosity, Contempt	Ducasse, "Tastes Cannot Be Disputed" Beardsley, "Tastes Can Be Disputed"
	Is It Art or Just a Toilet Seat?	Willem de Kooning	Jackson Pollock
Tilted Arc Hearings and Horowitz on TA Controversy	Dave Barry, “Does Public Art Make Sense?”
Kelly on Tilted Arc and Vietnam Veterans Memorial		Sensation: Brooklyn Museum Controversy (on censorship)
Davies, Ch. 3: Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art		Conceptual Art	J.S.G. Boggs Art Money
Scruton, "The Decline of Musical Culture"		about Roger Scruton	Roger Scruton on You-Tube
Baugh, "Aesthetics of Rock Music" Outline of above	Bruce Baugh, "Prolegomena to Any Aesthetics of Rock Music"	Articles on Rock Music
Davies, "Rock versus Classical Music" Outline of above	Stephen Davies, Rock versus Classical Music"	Great website with articles on music theory
Davies, Ch 4: Varieties (ontology) of Art		Duchamp's Urinal Tops Art Survey

Davies, Ch 5: Interpretation
Neill, "Fictions and the Emotions"
Davies, Ch 6: Expression and Emotional Responses
Berys Gaut, "The Paradox of Horror"
Davies, Ch 7: Pictorial Representation and Visual Arts		Violinist in Subway
Carson on Environmental Art	Allen Carlson, “Is Environmental Art An Aesthetic Affront to Nature?”
Walton, "Morals in Fiction and Fictional Morality"	Kendall Walton, "Morals in Fiction and Fictional Morality" (only read first 25 pages, to page 50)
Davies, Ch 8: The Value of Art
Aesthetics and Nature	Aesthetics and Nature
Carlson, "Aesthetic Appreciation of the Natural Environment"			about Allen Carlson
Carroll, "On Being Moved by Nature: Between Religion and Natural History"			about Noel Carroll
Rolston "On Positive Aesthetics"	Holmes Rolston, "Is All Beauty in Nature?"		about Holmes Rolston
Saito, The Aesthetics of Unscenic Nature	Yuriko Saito, "The Aesthetics of Unscenic Nature"		about Yuriko Saito