This module provides an introduction to the tradition of philosophical aesthetics through a detailed study of its founding text, Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgement.
The aims of this module are to:
Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
Components of the module include:
This module will be taught by means of a mix of lectures and seminars, supplemented by individual tutorials and private study. Emphasis is placed on seminar-based discussion.
Definitive UNISTATS Category | Indicative Description | Hours |
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Scheduled learning and teaching | Seminars/Lectures 11 taught sessions (2.5 hours each) | 28 |
Scheduled learning and teaching | Group and individual tutorials (2 scheduled hour plus office hours) | 2 |
Scheduled learning and teaching | Directed and Independent Learning | 270 |
Total (number of credits x 10) | 300 |
The assessment strategy is designed to test a student's ability to meet the module's learning outcomes. Summative assessment involves two pieces of written work:
A 1,500-word exercise, normally submitted at or before the mid-way point of the module, worth 20% of the final mark.
The skills required to prepare these assessed elements will be developed in a variety of formative activities throughout the module, notably through class discussion, feedback on in-class presentations, and individual tutorials. Preparation of the final essay normally includes a scheduled tutorial with the module tutor.
Learning Outcome | Assessment Strategy |
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Understand several distinctive and fundamental features of Kant's conception of philosophical aesthetics, in particular his conception of judgement, universality, taste, the beautiful, the sublime, and of genius. | Assessed formatively through class discussion, presentations and tutorials, and summatively through the two pieces of individual written work. |
Demonstrate a critical awareness of major issues in the history of the reception of Kant's work, primarily in a European context. | Assessed formatively through class discussion, presentations and tutorials, and summatively through the two pieces of individual written work. |
Reflect on and discuss problems relating to Kant's philosophical legacy. | Assessed formatively through class discussion, presentations and tutorials, and summatively through the two pieces of individual written work. |
Undertake the work of close textual analysis of a demanding philosophical text. | Assessed formatively through class discussion, presentations and tutorials, and summatively through the two pieces of individual written work. |
Comprehend, reconstruct and interpret philosophical arguments, and situate these arguments in the context of the history of philosophy. | Assessed formatively through class discussion, presentations and tutorials, and summatively through the two pieces of individual written work. |
Description of Assessment | Definitive UNISTATS Categories | Percentage |
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Coursework | Exercises 1500 words | 20 |
Coursework | Essay 3500 to 4000 words | 80 |
Total (to equal 100%) | 100% |
It IS NOT a requirement that any major assessment category is passed separately in order to achieve an overall pass for the module.
Henry Allison, Kant's Theory of Taste (Cambridge: CUP, 2001).
Andrew Bowie, Aesthetics and Subjectivity: From Kant to Nietzsche (Manchester: MUP, 2003)
J-F Courtine et al, Of the Sublime: Presence in Question (New York: State University of New York Press, 1993).
Paul Guyer, Kant and the Claims of Taste (Cambridge: CUP 1997).
J.H. Zammito, The Genesis of Kant's Critique of Judgement (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1992).