Overview
Description
Introduction to philosophical problems in ethics, politics, law, aesthetics, metaphysics or knowledge through film and literary materials in addition to standard philosophical texts.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- make explicit a philosophical problem or thesis that a motion picture expresses (or illustrates) for the viewer.
- interpret at an introductory level a philosophical problem or thesis suggested by a motion picture.
- compare and contrast the treatment of philosophical themes in different motion pictures, from both philosophical and cinematic perspectives.
- show how a motion picture may supply evidence or a thought experiment that is relevant to a textual investigation of a philosophical issue.