philosophy 1 exam

Epistemology

The theory of knowledge (what is knowledge?)

Ethics

Philosophical study of moral phenomena (what makes something right or wrong)

Metaphysics

Examines fundamental nature of reality existence and being (what is it for something to be real?)

Logic

A formal study- wants to know what types of argumentation are valid ( all men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal)

Aesthetics

Branch of philosophy that explores aesthetics ( looking at which features are more important than the others)

Expressionism

Artist creating something to express feeling

Formalism

Focuses on arts formal qualities rather than physical qualities ( lines, shapes, color, patterns)

Aesthetic experience

Art can be understood through the experience we have when looking at it ( appreciating quality of the art)

Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein used games to compare it to art. Basically saying art didn’t need one single definition to be considered art.

George Dickie (art world)

Believes something is art because it is recognized or presented by someone within the art community, institutions like museums, artists, critics, galleries

Plato

He was critical of art because he believed it was an imitation that drew people further away from reality and truth.

Aristotle

Believed art had benefits and values