Humanities

Philosophy

Please refer to this study guide when you read, view and review the Learning Resources for this week. The terms, concepts and methods (sometimes called analysis tools)  listed here are useful to properly answer the questions on the weekly quizzes and can be used when you are writing your Weekly Discussion Posts, Cultural Experience Reports and the Final Project Assignment for this class. 

Some may seem elementary like rhythm and melody for music or brushstrokes and color for visual art, but each allows you to understand the artist representations and to further your understanding of each humanities area as you move forward. 

Overview 

· epistemology 

· ethics 

· logic 

· metaphysics 

· aesthetics 

· History of Philosophy 

"Plato's Allegory of the Cave" by Alex Gendler   https://youtu.be/1RWOpQXTltA

· What is a philosopher? 

· the forms 

· How can “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave” be an allegory for present day issues? 

"What Aristotle and Joshua Bell Can Teach Us About Persuasion” by Conor Neill   https://youtu.be/O2dEuMFR8kw

· Logos - Relevant to the audience 

· Ethos – Reputation & Credibility  

· Pathos -- Emotional Bond or Connection 

The School of Life in “PHILOSOPHY - Aristotle   https://youtu.be/csIW4W_DYX4

· 11 Virtues (avoiding the extremes) 

· Moral Goodness Habits 

· peripeteia 

· anagnoresis 

· catharsis 

· Rhetoric 

· Friendship types 

"What Is Art For?” by Alain de Botton   https://youtu.be/sn0bDD4gXrE

· What are the five things art can do for us? 

· Seeing Pretty Things for Hope 

· Reassurance of suffering being part of life 

· Fights off False Optimism 

· Provides Balance of Qualities 

· Glamorizes Common Things 

· Motivates self-improvement 

"Art and Epistemology," from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy   http://www.iep.utm.edu/art-ep/

· According to David Novitz, what are the three kinds of knowledge claims that we can make about art? 

· propositional theory of knowledge 

· According the Eileen John, how can moral knowledge be gained from art? 

· banality argument 

· no-evidence argument 

· no-argument argument 

MOMA Glossary of Art Terms   https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/glossary

· All of the terms on this list can be used when talking about the arts in the class.  

SPECIAL Required Reading: "What is Philosophy?" 

· metaphysics 

· ethics 

· epistemology 

· Uncertainty as valuable 

· Moral Relativism 

· Commands of God