Module: Aesthetics

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Aesthetics
Module Code	TP235 (ITS) / PHE1039 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Theology, Philosophy & Music
Module Co-ordinator	Ian Leask
Module Teachers	Peter Larsen
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	7.5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

This module provides philosophical reflection on art, beauty and taste. Students will consider the nature of these concepts and the nature of aesthetic experience and meaning.

Learning Outcomes

1. comprehend core concepts in aesthetics
2. develop philosophical analyses and construct arguments using primary and secondary text
3. apply knowledge of wide-ranging philosophical claims and ideas
4. critically evaluate arguments and long-standing problems in Western philosophy of art

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	22	No Description
Independent Study	103	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Plato
art as 'copy of a copy'?

Aristotle
art as katharsis?

Plotinus
beauty as formal unity

Aquinas
objective beauty?

Renaissance aesthetics
the question of mimesis

Hume
taste & subjectivity

Kant
the sublime

Hegel
the end of art?

Nietzsche
tragedy and truth

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Essay	n/a	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Hugh Bredin & Liberato Santoro-Brienza: 2000, Philosophies of Art and Beauty, Edinburgh UP,
Anne Sheppard: 1987, Aesthetics. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art, Oxford UP,

Other Resources

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