Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art lectures

Oxford University

Lecture series on Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art. The first part of the series focuses on some of the most important writings on art and beauty in the Western philosophical tradition, covering Plato, Aristotle, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant. The second part of the series focuses on questions about understanding works of art and about the nature of art. This part examines the interpretation of literature, the expression of emotion in music, and the definition of art

  • 52 minutes 2 seconds
    8. Defining Art
    James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his eight and final lecture in the Aesthetics series on Defining Art.
    15 March 2011, 4:40 pm
  • 52 minutes 16 seconds
    7. Musical Expression
    James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his seventh lecture in the Aesthetics series on the expression of emotion in music.
    15 March 2011, 4:38 pm
  • 54 minutes 6 seconds
    6. Literary Interpretation
    James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his sixth lecture in the Aesthetics series on the interpretation of literature.
    15 March 2011, 4:36 pm
  • 53 minutes 14 seconds
    5. Kant's Critique of Judgement: Lecture 2
    James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford concludes his discussion of Kant's Critique of Judgement in the fifth lecture of the Aesthetics series.
    15 March 2011, 4:31 pm
  • 55 minutes 36 seconds
    4. Kant's Critique of Judgement: Lecture 1
    James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his fourth lecture in the Aesthetics series on Kant's Critique of Judgement.
    15 March 2011, 4:30 pm
  • 55 minutes 58 seconds
    3. Hume and the Standard of Taste
    James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his third lecture in the Aesthetics series on Hume and the Standard of Taste.
    15 March 2011, 4:28 pm
  • 55 minutes 7 seconds
    2. Aristotle's Poetics
    James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his second lecture in the Aesthetics series on Aristotle's Poetics.
    15 March 2011, 4:26 pm
  • 54 minutes 29 seconds
    1. Plato's Philosophy of Art
    James Grant, lecturer in philosop-hy, University of Oxford gives his first lecture in the Aesthetics series on Plato's philosophy of Art.
    15 March 2011, 4:24 pm
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