Dr. Cynthia Freeland

AH 511, x33206, Cfreeland @ uh.edu

Aesthetics: Philosophy 3361 (sect. 32413) and 6397 (sect. 32511

Class Schedule Fall 2008

August 26 Introduction and Overview

August 28 Shiner Ch. 1

Sept. 2 Shiner Chs. 3-4

Sept. 4 Shiner, Chs. 5-6

Sept. 9 Shiner, Ch. 7

Sept. 11 Shiner, Chs. 8-9

Sept. 16    No Class/Panel Cancelled

Sept. 18 Shiner, 7-9

Sept. 23 Shiner, Ch. 10-11

Sept. 25 Shiner, Ch. 12-13

Sept. 30 Shiner, Ch. 14 and Conclusion

Oct. 2 Start Kieran, Introduction

Oct. 7 Kieran, Artistic Experience and Value

Ch. 1 Graham, “Aesthetic Empiricism: Challenge of Fakes”, pp. 11-21

Ch. 2 Davies, “Against Enlightened Empiricism” pp. 22-36

Oct. 9 Kieran, Aesthetic Experience

Ch. 5, Carroll, “Aesthetic Experience: A Question of Content” pp. 69-97

Oct. 14 Kieran, Aesthetic Experience (cont’d.)

Ch. 6 Iseminger, “The Aesthetic State of Mind” 98-110

Oct. 16 Kieran, Intention and Interpretation

Ch. 17 Stecker, “Interpretation and the Relevant Intention” 269-81

Oct. 21 Kieran, Intention and Interpretation (cont’d.)

Ch. 18 Nathan, “Art, Meaning, and Artist’s Meaning,” 282-293

Oct. 23 Kieran, Imagination and Engaging with Artworks

Ch. 13, Gregory Currie, “Anne Bronte and the Uses of Imagination”, 209-221

Oct. 28 Kieran, Imagination and Engaging with Artworks

Ch. 4 Korsmeyer, "Terrible Beauties"

Oct. 30 Kieran, Emotional Responses to Fictions

Ch. 15, Gendler and Kovakovich, “Genuine Rational Fictional Emotions” 241-53

Nov. 4 Kieran, Emotional Responses to Fictions

Ch. 16 Matravers “The Challenge of Irrationalism and How Not to Meet It” 254-64

Nov. 6 Film Screening Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times (Optional) CF Away (ASA Meetings)

Nov. 11 Kieran, Moral and Aesthetic Values in Art

Ch. 21 John, “Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism” 331-41

Nov. 13 Kieran, Moral and Aesthetic Values in Art

Ch. 22 Jacobson, “Ethical Criticism and the Vice of Moderation” 342-55

Nov. 18 Start Wartenberg Chs. 1-2 Film as Philosophy

Paper Due on Unit Two

Nov. 20 Film Screening Orson Welles in The Third Man (CF Away)

Nov. 25 Wartenberg Ch. 3 Modern Times

Nov. 27 No class/ Thanksgiving

Dec. 2 Wartenberg Chs. 4-5 The Matrix and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Dec. 4 Wartenberg Chs. 6-7 The Third Man, Empire and The Flicker

Dec. 6 Wartenberg Ch. 8 The Nature of Cinematic Philosophy Last day of classes

Dec. 8-9 Make-up days for any missed classes

Dec. 10-18 Final exam period