PHI2010 Intro To Philosophy

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M5: JOURNAL – Chapter 7 (J-09)

Be sure to explain your answers and give reasons for your views. You should cite the textbook and use brief quotations and summaries from the textbook in your response. Do NOT use any other sources besides the textbook. 

Do you agree with the expression theory of art? Is art simply an expression of feelings? Is abstract art an expression of feelings?

Does an art object have to serve a function to be art? Are art objects valuable in themselves, without any functions? Explain.

Answer the question on page 345 concerning controversial art.

Critique Arthur Danto’s institutional theory of art. One criticism of it is that if people in the artworld define what is and is not art, then there seems to be no way for the decision-makers to decide among themselves what is art. Is this a fair criticism? Why or why not?

According to Aristotle, what emotions should a tragedy evoke? What is the point of evoking them?

Explain Hume’s view on art and the standard of taste. Do you agree with Hume that some people are more keenly attuned to art objects and that their aesthetic sensibilities are more “delicate”? Or, is he just being a snob?

M1: JOURNAL – Chapter 1.1-1.2

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Be sure to explain your answers and give reasons for your views.You should cite the textbook and use brief quotations and summaries from the textbook in your response. Do NOT use any other sources besides the textbook. 

1-What is the philosophical method? Have you used it? How?

2-What are some fundamental beliefs that are part of your philosophy of life? How do these beliefs influence your life?

3-Which of the four main divisions of philosophy interests you the most? What philosophical questions listed in this section (p. 6) would you most want to have answers to and why?

M1: JOURNAL – Chapter 1.3

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Read the assigned reading from the chapter. Then choose ONE of the questions below to answer. Answer the question you chose in a response that is a 

Be sure to explain your answers and give reasons for your views. You should cite the textbook and use brief quotations and summaries from the textbook in your response. Do NOT use any other sources besides the textbook. 

Socrates said to his jurors, “Are you not ashamed that, while you take care to acquire as much wealth as possible, with honor and glory as well, yet you take no care or thought for understanding truth, or for the best possible state of your soul?”  Do you agree with this attitude?   Why or why not?

Choose one of your fundamental beliefs that you have not thought much about and write an argument defending it or rejecting it.  Be careful not to use any logical fallacies.