Senior Philosophy Seminar - Aesthetics: from Kant to the present (2025/2026: Semester 2 – Spring)

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Cursusdoel

After completing this course students are able to:
  1. demonstrate depth knowledge of a specific theme or author in philosophy
  2. write, with supervision, a sophisticated (by undergrad standards) essay on the theme or author of the course.
  3. Main goal: do independent research on a specialized topic in philosophy.
Relationship between assessment and learning goals:
Paper 1: 30% (LG 1, 2, 3)
Paper 2: 30% (LG 1, 2, 3)
Presentation: 30% (LG 1, 2, 3)
Participation: 10% (LG 1, 3)

Vakinhoudelijk

Intended for students with a specific interest in advanced research and an eye towards post-graduate studies in philosophy, this course is designed to meet the needs of students who wish to develop greater depth in their philosophical studies.
The course consists of rotating content based on the expertise of philosophy teachers at University College. It is organized thematically, and requires students to follow three seminars of five weeks each treating main categories of philosophical investigation, such as metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, aesthetics, ethics, philosophy of mind, language, religion and science.
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Spring 2026 AESTHETICS: FROM KANT TO THE PRESENT

What is the role of imitation, taste, play, form, matter, nature, truth, genius, expression, community, world, or even revolution, when we inquire into the nature of beauty and the arts? What is all the talk about the sublime about?

This course offers an introduction to modern and contemporary classics from the history of philosophical aesthetics. These texts deal with such concepts as mentioned above, and they often relate to the artistic views, works and practices of their own time.

In the introductory part of the course, we will familiarize ourselves with key concepts and theories from Immanuel Kant, Schelling, Hegel and Nietzsche onwards. Through object lessons we will relate these theories to natural and artistic experience.

In the second part of the course, we will look into more recent aesthetic debates on the basis of research projects. This season's focus will be on the return of the sublime in the French philosophy of the late 20th Century (Lyotard, Derrida, Deleuze, Meillassoux, and others).

Format

Lectures, student-led discussions, participatory assignments, object lessons, and formal presentations.

Werkvormen

UCU hum 3 course

Toetsing

Participation

Verplicht | Weging 10% | ECTS 0,75

Paper 1

Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25

Paper 2

Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25

Presentation

Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25

*midterm FEEDBACK*

Niet verplicht

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Voertalen

  • Engels

Cursusmomenten

Gerelateerde studies

Tentamens

Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus

Verplicht materiaal

  • BOEK
    Immanuel Kant, Critique of the Power of Judgment, translated by Paul Guyer and Eric Matthews (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000).
  • BOEK
    G.W.F. Hegel, Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics, translated by Bernard Bosanquet and edited by Michael Inwood (London: Penguin, 1994).
  • BOEK
    Steven Cahn, Stephanie Ross and Sandra Shapshay (eds.), Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology, second edition (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2020).

Aanbevolen materiaal

Er is geen informatie over de aanbevolen literatuur bekend

Opmerkingen

Alternates with UCHUMPHI33, UCHUMPHI34 and UCHUMPHI35. Topic changes every time

Coördinator

dr. F.G. van der Burg F.G.vanderBurg@uu.nl

Docenten

dr. S.A.F. van Maas s.a.f.vanmaas@uu.nl

Inschrijving

Let op: deze cursus is niet toegankelijk voor studenten van andere faculteiten, bijvakkers mogen zich dus niet inschrijven.

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