Aesthetics II

Code:

FILO006

Acronym:

EST2

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Philosophy
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Philosophy

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
FILO	53	FILO - Study Plan	2	-	6	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To promote some of the most important texts produced in the field of Aesthetics.
Provide students with issues, concepts and conceptual relations to understand and interpret artistic and aesthetic objects.
Motivate and develop in students an appreciation and sensibility for artistic objects, especially those produced in current times.
Encourage the students’ visual and conceptual imagination.

Program

PROGRAMME
1. Nietzsche: the aesthetic justification of existence
The critique to Platonism and of the “aesthetic Socratics”
The birth of the tragedy. Art as the affirmation of life and creator of possibilities
Genealogy of art. Aesthetics as applied physiology
Critique of “art for art’s sake”.
2. “Kant according to Duchamp”: readings of the Kantian aesthetics in contemporaneity.
Duchamp, Warhol, Buren: questioning the “aesthetics vulgate” (A. Cauquelin). The “deceptive” objects. The antinomies of contemporary art.
3. Jean-François Lyotard: in the limits of Aesthetics.
Art as resistance. The artistic/cultural debate. Sublime and the unpresentable. Work of art and happening. The “real invisible”. Aesthetics and anaesthetic: contribution for an ontology of art.

Mandatory literature

BOZAL, V.; El gusto, Visor, Madrid, 1999
CAUQUELIN, A. ; Petit traité d’art contemporain , Seuil, Paris, 1996
FERRY, L. ; Homo aestheticus – A invenção do gosto na época democrática, , Almedina, Porto, 2003
GIOVINE, S. ; Historia de la estética , Tecnos, Madrid, 1990
HUISMAN, D.; A Estética, Edições 70, Lisboa, 1997
JIMÉNEZ, J.; Teoría del arte, Tecnos, Madrid, 2002
JIMENEZ, M.; Qu’est-ce que l’esthétique, Gallimard, Paris, 1997
KANT, I.; Crítica da Daculdade do Juízo;, Lisboa; Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda, 1998
LYOTARD, J.-F.; L'inhumain. Causeries sur le temps,, Galilée, Paris, 1988
NIETZSCHE, F. ;; La naissance de la tragédie , , Paris : Gallimard,, 1989
SCHAEFFER , J.-M.; L’esthétique et la philosophie de l’art du XVIII siècle à nos jours , Gallimard, Paris, 1992
SCHAEFFER , J.-M. ; Adieu à l’esthétique, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 2000
TOWNSEND, D.; Introdução à Estética. História. Correntes. Teorias, Edições 70, Lisboa, 2002

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes (lectures, reading and discussion of texts and audiovisual materials).The selected texts and audiovisual materials will be discussed in class. Students are required and encouraged to participate in class, by presenting research assignments. From the beginning of March, there will be theory-practical classes and tutorials, in which students will discuss the issues already raised in the programme. Tutorials represent about 25% of the teaching time available.

keywords

Humanities
Humanities > Philosophy > Aesthetics
Humanities > Philosophy

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	45,00
	Participação presencial	15,00		2013-07-22
	Trabalho escrito	20,00		2013-07-22
	Exame	2,00		2013-07-22
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	80	2013-07-22
	Total:	80,00

Eligibility for exams

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force. Attendance of 75% of estimated classes, in accordance with Article 9 of the Assessment Regulations applicable to 1st Cycle Course - Licenciatura, approved by the Teaching Standards Committee on 18 July 2007.

Calculation formula of final grade

The exam mark will be rounded to the nearest whole mark in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 6 of the "Assessment Regulations applicable to 1st Cycle Course - Licenciatura, approved by the Teaching Standards Committee on 18 July 2007. Or weighted average sum of the marks obtained in the final exam and in the submitted written assignments. Assessment only with final exam (a written exam at the end of the semester). This type of assessment may be combined with research assignments, supervised and assessed by the lecturer, but students must nevertheless sit the final exam.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Special exam periods and duration of “tests” adapted to particular cases of individuals possibly enrolled as students.

Classification improvement

According to the regulations in force.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese