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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
FEL312 - Philosophical Aesthetics VI. SEMESTER 3 +0 5.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Required Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. DEMET TAŞDELEN
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended There is no recommended course.
Recommended Resources Colebrook, Claire (2004) Gilles Deleuze. Çev. Cem Soydemir. Ankara: Bağımsız Kitaplar. *Deleuze, Gilles (2003) İki Konferans. Çev. Ulus Baker. İstanbul: Norgunk Yayıncılık. *Dilthey, Wilhelm (1999) Hermeneutik ve Tin Bilimleri. Çev. Doğan Özlem. İstanbul: Paradigma. *Hanfling, Oswald (ed.) (2005) Philosophical Aesthetics. Oxford: Blackwell. *Lamarque, Peter and Olsen, Stein Haugom (eds.) (2004) Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art. the Analytic Tradition. Oxford: Blackwell. *Levinas, Emmanuel (2005) Zaman ve Başka. Çev. Zeynep Direk. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları. *Pospelov, Gennadiy (2005) Edebiyat Bilimi. Çev. Yılmaz Onay. İstanbul: Evrensel Basım Yayın. *Sheets-Johnstone, Maxine (1979) The Phenomenology of Dance. London: Dance Books. *Timuçin, Afşar (2003) Estetik. İstanbul: Bulut Yayınları. *Yılmaz, Mehmet (Hazırlayan) (2004) Sanatın Felsefesi Felsefenin Sanatı. Çev. Nazım Özüaydın. Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi. *Townsend, Dabney (2002) Estetiğe Giriş. Çev. Sabri Büyükdüvenci. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi.  Dersin tek bir kitabı yoktur. Derste kullanılacak olan kitaplar aşağıda verilmiştir.
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Discussion 1: What do we know about aesthetics and art? Where is contemporary art today? Research: Contemporary art theories Source: Visual material, internet
Week - 2 Discussion 2: What is philosophical aesthetics? Research: The beginning of aesthetics; The relation between aesthetics and philosophy of art; Plato's and Aristotle's views on beauty and art
Week - 3 Discussion 1: What do we know about aesthetics and art? Where is contemporary art today? Research: Contemporary art theories Source: Visual material, internet
Week - 4 Discussion 3: Can the principles of beauty be found? Research: Kant's definitions of "Beauty", his observations of beauty and sublime, judgment of taste; Edmund Burke's evaluation on beauty; Guy Sircello's theory of beauty. References: Dabney Townsend (2002) Estetiğe Giriş, s. 21-29. Edmund Burke (2008) Yüce ve Güzel Kavramlarımızın Kaynağı Hakkında Felsefi Bir Soruşturma, üçüncü kitap, s. 95-129; Kant (2010) Güzellik ve Yücelik Duyguları Üzerine Gözlemler, s.7-11, 32-48; Demet Taşdelen (2012) “Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesinde Temel Konular” Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesi içinde, ed. Ahmet İnam, s. 7-11; Aslı Yazıcı (2012) “17. Ve 18. Yüzyıl Sanat ve Estetik Anlayışı” Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesi içinde, ed. Ahmet İnam, s. 105-109.
Week - 5 Discussion 3: Can the principles of beauty be found? Research: Kant's definitions of "Beauty", his observations of beauty and sublime, judgment of taste; Edmund Burke's evaluation on beauty; Guy Sircello's theory of beauty. References: Dabney Townsend (2002) Estetiğe Giriş, s. 21-29. Edmund Burke (2008) Yüce ve Güzel Kavramlarımızın Kaynağı Hakkında Felsefi Bir Soruşturma, üçüncü kitap, s. 95-129; Kant (2010) Güzellik ve Yücelik Duyguları Üzerine Gözlemler, s.7-11, 32-48; Demet Taşdelen (2012) “Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesinde Temel Konular” Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesi içinde, ed. Ahmet İnam, s. 7-11; Aslı Yazıcı (2012) “17. Ve 18. Yüzyıl Sanat ve Estetik Anlayışı” Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesi içinde, ed. Ahmet İnam, s. 105-109.
Week - 6 Discussion 4: Aesthetical Properties, Aesthetical Experience, Aesthetic Attitude, Aesthetic Judgement Research: Frank Sibley's discussion of "aesthetic concepts"; contextualism and formalism; the concept of "disinterestedness"; Townsend's kinds of aesthetic judgment. References: Dabney Townsend (2002) Estetiğe Giriş, s. 29-65, 207-233. Alan Goldman (2005) “The Aesthetic”. The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics içinde. Marcia Muelder Eaton (2005) “Aesthetic Experience”. Encyclopedia of Philosophy içinde. Frank Sibley (1959) “Aesthetic Concepts” Philosophical Review 68: 421-450; Demet Taşdelen (2012) “Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesinde Temel Konular” Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesi içinde, ed. Ahmet İnam, s. 11-23.
Week - 7 Discussion 4: Aesthetical Properties, Aesthetical Experience, Aesthetic Attitude, Aesthetic Judgement Research: Frank Sibley's discussion of "aesthetic concepts"; contextualism and formalism; the concept of "disinterestedness"; Townsend's kinds of aesthetic judgment. References: Dabney Townsend (2002) Estetiğe Giriş, s. 29-65, 207-233. Alan Goldman (2005) “The Aesthetic”. The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics içinde. Marcia Muelder Eaton (2005) “Aesthetic Experience”. Encyclopedia of Philosophy içinde. Frank Sibley (1959) “Aesthetic Concepts” Philosophical Review 68: 421-450; Demet Taşdelen (2012) “Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesinde Temel Konular” Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesi içinde, ed. Ahmet İnam, s. 11-23.
Week - 8 Discussion 4: Aesthetical Properties, Aesthetical Experience, Aesthetic Attitude, Aesthetic Judgement Research: Frank Sibley's discussion of "aesthetic concepts"; contextualism and formalism; the concept of "disinterestedness"; Townsend's kinds of aesthetic judgment. References: Dabney Townsend (2002) Estetiğe Giriş, s. 29-65, 207-233. Alan Goldman (2005) “The Aesthetic”. The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics içinde. Marcia Muelder Eaton (2005) “Aesthetic Experience”. Encyclopedia of Philosophy içinde. Frank Sibley (1959) “Aesthetic Concepts” Philosophical Review 68: 421-450; Demet Taşdelen (2012) “Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesinde Temel Konular” Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesi içinde, ed. Ahmet İnam, s. 11-23.
Week - 9 Discussion 5: Is it possible to define art? Research: Real definition, institutional definition, relational definition; art world, institutional art, historicity in art; schols of art-theories of art in philosophy; Arthur Danto, George Dickie, Jerrold Levinson; The role of art critics
Week - 10 Discussion 5: Is it possible to define art? Research: Real definition, institutional definition, relational definition; art world, institutional art, historicity in art; schols of art-theories of art in philosophy; Arthur Danto, George Dickie, Jerrold Levinson; The role of art critics
Week - 11 Discussion 6: Does art have a cognitive value? Research: Epistemology of art, experiential knowledge, moral knowledge References: John Eileen (2005) “Art and Knowledge” The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics içinde; Demet Taşdelen (2012) “Sanat Epistemolojisi, Sanat Ontolojisi ve Sanat Etik İlişkisi” Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesi içinde, ed. Ahmet İnam, s. 55-60.
Week - 12 Discussion 7: What kind of objects are works of art? Research: Ontology of art, individual object, multiple object, physical object, imaginative object, abstract object, type-token References: Hülya Yetişken (1991) Estetiğin ABCsi, s. 19-25, 40-46. Amie L. Thomasson (2004) “The Ontology of Art” The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics içinde. Guy Rohrbaugh (2005) “Ontology of Art” The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics içinde; Demet Taşdelen (2012) “Sanat Epistemolojisi, Sanat Ontolojisi ve Sanat Etik İlişkisi” Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesi içinde, ed. Ahmet İnam, s. 60-63.
Week - 13 Discussion 8: The Relation Between Art and Ethics Research: Moralism; Autonomism References: Leo N. Tolstoy (2010) Sanat Nedir? Ella Peek (2005) “Ethical Criticism of Art” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy içinde; Demet Taşdelen (2012) “Sanat Epistemolojisi, Sanat Ontolojisi ve Sanat Etik İlişkisi” Estetik ve Sanat Felsefesi içinde, ed. Ahmet İnam, s. 63-68.
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