Philosophy of Art

lfilo2280  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Philosophy of Art
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q1

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2019-2020
Teacher(s)
Lories Danielle;
Language
French
Prerequisites
Basic instruction in philosophy and philosophical aesthetics.
Main themes
Each year, one or several authors and/or major texts by these authors are chosen as the object of a reading, explanatory and critical commentary, and discussion. Authors may be chosen from any historical period in the history of philosophy. Any and all questions in philosophical aesthetics/philosophy of art without exception may become the object of study and examination.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Building on the instruction received in the 1st cycle courses in philosophy, this course aims at giving students the opportunity to progress further in their abilities to read, explain, interpret, and provide critical commentary for major texts in philosophy of art or philosophical aesthetics, and to allow the student to understand current debates on questions belonging to this area of study (with the goal of full participation in them).
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Each year, several authors and texts by these authors are chosen as the object of a reading, explanatory and critical commentary.
Evaluation methods
Individual written paper and final oral examination about this paper.
Bibliography
  • textes faisant l'objet du cours
voir Moodle
Teaching materials
  • textes faisant l'objet du cours
Faculty or entity
EFIL


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : French as a Foreign Language

Master [60] in Philosophy

Master [120] in History of Art and Archaeology : General

Certificat universitaire en philosophie (approfondissement)

Master [120] in Philosophy