Unit 2: Art Appre

A complete list of vocabulary flashcards covering key definitions, philosophical branches, and concepts from Art Appreciation and the Human Faculties.

Philosophy

The study of fundamental questions about life, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language, derived from the Greek word philosophia meaning 'love of wisdom'.

Metaphysics

The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, and potentiality and actuality.

Ontology

A main part of metaphysics that studies being or existence and asks questions like 'What does it mean to be real?'

Cosmology

A main part of metaphysics that studies the universe—how it started, what its nature is, and how it works.

Epistemology

The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, sources, and limits of knowledge.

Rationalism

A main school of epistemology holding that knowledge comes primarily from reason.

Empiricism

A main school of epistemology holding that knowledge comes primarily from experience.

Ethics

The branch of philosophy that deals with morality and examines what is right and wrong, good and bad.

Normative Ethics

A main branch of ethics that studies moral rules and principles.

Applied Ethics

A main branch of ethics that deals with specific moral issues like medical ethics and environmental ethics.

Meta Ethics

A main branch of ethics that studies the nature and meaning of moral terms and judgments.

Logic

The branch of philosophy that studies correct reasoning, argument structure, and how to distinguish good arguments from bad ones.

Deductive Logic

A main part of logic where conclusions necessarily follow from premises.

Inductive Logic

A main part of logic where conclusions are probable based on evidence.

Aesthetics

The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty, art, taste, and emotional responses to aesthetic experiences, derived from the Greek word Aesthesis meaning sensory perception.

Philosophy of Art

A main part of aesthetics that studies the nature, purpose, and interpretation of art.

Philosophy of Beauty

A main part of aesthetics that studies what makes something aesthetically pleasing or beautiful.

Alexander Baumgarten

The philosopher who coined the term aesthetics and defined it as 'the science of sensory perception'.

Theory of Beauty

A division of aesthetics concerned with exploring the nature of beautiful things.

Theory of Art

A division of aesthetics concerned with exploring the essence of art.

Theory of Art Criticism

A division of aesthetics concerned with evaluating the merit or demerit of works of art.

Human Faculties

The natural mental and physical powers or abilities—such as reason, imagination, sensation, emotion, and intuition—that allow a person to perceive, think, feel, and act.

Reason

Logical thinking, judgement

Imagination

Creates visualization, mental synthesis

Sensation

Sensory perception

Emotion / Feeling

Affective responses

Intuition

Immediate Reasoning without understanding

Plato

Beauty as higher form of beauty

Baumgarteb

Aesthetics as sensory perception

Hume

Beauty connected with feeling

Kant

Disinterested and universal judgement

Aesthetic Experience

An experience that occurs when our attention becomes strongly engaged with an object beyond practical purpose, involving fascination, appraisal of meaning and composition, and emotional involvement.

Worldview

A people's picture of the universe that lies deep in the heart of culture, defining how a society organizes ideas and perceives existence.

Language

contains words that carry cultural values.

Analyzing word meanings in a language reveals the

structure of culture and people’s aesthetic worldview

Ganda and Buti

Interchangeable concepts in Filipino aesthetics representing beauty (ganda) and goodness (buti), directly connecting aesthetic taste to moral judgment.

Pagkataong Panlabas

A concept in Filipino aesthetics referring to physical appearance.

Pagkataong Panloob

A concept in Filipino aesthetics referring to social behavior and character.

Dilag (Gorgeousness)

A major category of Ganda characterized by overwhelming beauty and grandeur or magnificence.

Alindog (Charm)

A major category of Ganda characterized as a feminine attribute of attraction, warmth, and gentleness.

Rikit (Loveliness)

A major category of Ganda characterized as a glowing, radiant form of beauty.