Dr. Cynthia Freeland

AH 511, x33206, Cfreeland @ uh.edu

Aesthetics: Philosophy 3361 (sect. 32285) and 6397 (sect. 32865)

Tu Th 11:30-1, 201 AH

Class Schedule Fall 2010

Tu August 24  Introduction and Overview

Th August 26  Shiner Ch. 1

Tu Aug. 31  Shiner Chs. 3-4

Th Sept. 2 Shiner, Chs. 5-6

Tu Sept. 7 Shiner, Ch. 7

Th Sept. 9 Shiner, Chs. 8-9

Tu Sept. 14 Shiner, Chs. 10-12

Th Sept. 16  Shiner, Ch. 13

Tu Sept 21 Shiner, Ch. 14

Th Sept. 23  Shiner, Ch. 15, Conclusion

Tu Sept. 28 Start Kieran, Introduction

Th Sept. 30  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

Tu Oct. 5  Kieran, Aesthetic Experience

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

Thurs Oct. 7   Kieran, Aesthetic Experience (cont’d.)

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

Tu Oct. 12  Kieran, Intention and Interpretation 

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

Th Oct. 14   Kieran, Intention and Interpretation  (cont’d.)

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

Tu Oct. 19  Kieran, Imagination and Engaging with Artworks

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

Thurs Oct. 21  Kieran, Imagination and Engaging with Artworks

Ch. 14 Weinberg and Meskin, “Imagine That!”, 222-236

Tu Oct. 26  Kieran, Emotional Responses to Fictions

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

Th Oct. 28  No Class/  CF Away (ASA Meetings)

Tu Nov 2 Kieran, Emotional Responses to Fictions

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

Th Nov. 4  TBA

Tu Nov. 9  Kieran,   Moral and Aesthetic Values in Art

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

Th Nov. 11   Kieran,   Moral and Aesthetic Values in Art

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

Tu Nov. 16   Start Wartenberg (further schedule TBA)

Th Nov. 18 Wartenberg

Tu Nov. 23 Wartenberg

Th Nov. 25 No class/ Thanksgiving

Tu Nov. 30  Wartenberg

Th Dec. 2 Wartenberg

Dec. 6-7          Make-up days for any missed classes

Dec. 8-16      Final exam period