Teaching Aesthetics

• Presenter: Julie Van Camp, Professor of Philosophy, California State University, Long Beach
• Opening Questions: Philosophy of Art/Aesthetics
• Aesthetic Theories: Definitions
• Sample Discussion Questions
• Suggestions for Further Reading: Aesthetics

SLIDES: Teaching Aesthetics

Table of Contents

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• Teaching Aesthetics
• Aesthetics
• What is Philosophy?
• Philosophical Questions
• The Purposes of Theories
• AestheticTheories: examples
• Essentialism
• Types of Questions
• The Value of Art
• Criticism or Aesthetics?
• Learning Outcomes
• Teaching Aesthetics
• Leading an Aesthetics Discussion
• Using Puzzle Problems