Philosophy 343 - Intro to Philosophy Of Art

Can eating candy make you part of an artwork? Can art physically force you to cry? Can it be art to nail yourself to a car? In this course, we'll engage with questions like these and with the definition of art more generally. We'll also consider other questions, like: Are artworks physical objects, or something else? Is art (non-monetarily) valuable, and if so what is the nature of that value? Finally, we'll focus on topics in the philosophy and aesthetics of music, such as: What value does live performance have in an age dominated by recordings, sound engineering, and digital distribution?

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