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Topics of Aesthetics

Topics of Aesthetics

Code	5951
Year	3
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Philosophy
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face.
Work placements	Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	Aiming to provide students their autonomy while understanding Aesthetics and the aesthetic as interpretative models for reality itself,this curricular unit also intends to boost the debate of themes that gather general interest, without overlooking the stimulus to students creative capacities. At the end of this curricular unit,students must: be able to identify the main development stages of the sensitive condition of thought as that competence which will allow them to recover a self-comprehension of Aesthetics as doctrine of sensibility; to recognize the dimension of the aesthetic which is held to the theme of a demise of the ideal of an objectivity of taste now launched in the understanding of a more deep meaning of the topic of intersubjectivity, which is characterized as expression of a spontaneous agreement between singulars;know how to grasp the meaning of the ageless theme of the relation between Art and Nature, connecting it to the problem of a specific aesthetic attitude
Syllabus	A – GOALS To define the origins and the concept of Aesthetics .To characterize some of the most influent perspetives about Aesthetics .To encourage the analysis and, therefore, the understanding of fundamental texts .To sponsor a genuine interest for reflection of linking themes between Aesthetics and other relevant philosophical disciplines The achievement of such overall abilities will entail the discussion of the following topics: B- THEMES I) The rehabilitation of sensibility as key theme for Aesthetics II) The enigma of beauty; science and beauty; the demise of the ideal of the objectivity of taste III) The relation between Art and Nature IV) Imitation and/or creation? From the representative arts to expressive arts IV) Notes about a specifically aesthetic attitude
Main Bibliography	MAIN BIBLIOGRAPHY: SANTOS, Leonel Ribeiro dos, “A Razão Sensível – Reflexão acerca do estatuto da sensibilidade no pensamento kantiano”, in Pensar a Cultura Portuguesa – Homenagem a Francisco da Gama Caeiro . KANT, Immanuel, Crítica da Razão Pura, Trad. de Manuela Pinto dos Santos e Alexandre Fradique Morujão, Introd. e Notas de Alexandre Fradique Morujão, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 19494; . KANT, Immanuel, Crítica da Faculdade do Juízo, Trad. e Notas de António Marques e Valério Rohden, Imprensa Nacional – Casa da Moeda. HEGEL, Esthétique – Textes Choisis, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1953; Trad. Portuguesa de Álvaro Ribeiro e Orlando Vitorino, G.W.F.Hegel – Estética, Guimarães Editores, Lisboa, 1993 . MERLEAU-PONTY, Maurice, O Olho e o Espírito, Trad. de Luís Manuel Bernardo, Prefácio de Claude Lefort, Ed. Vega, 1992 . D’OREY, Carmo (Org.), O que é a arte? A perspetiva analítica, Ed. Dinalivro, Lisboa, 2007
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.