ICSM Phenomenology of Art

Course Description: In what way do we experience works of art? What does it mean to perceive something as beautiful? Are our judgments of art-works based on taste alone, or do they have cognitive content? This course will acquaint you with some of the central concepts and issues in aesthetics – the branch of philosophy dedicated to the notion of the ‘beautiful’. We will put special emphasis on aesthetic experience from our first-person point of view: our aim will be to describe and analyze our experiences and use what we learn from this in our arguments concerning the nature, the features, and the value of various works of art. 

Library Session Learning Objectives:

1. Discover Library resources and services and how to ask for help.
2. Evaluate source types (books, scholarly articles, tweets, etc.) and when best to use them.
3. ​Find and access a books and articles using the Library Search. 
4. Generate citations in the Library Search.

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For each question, which types of information might you use? 
Be prepared to discuss why you chose particular source types.

Your professor asked you to write a paper on mental health and college students. 

You need a general overview of what mental health is and who are the lead scholars. 

You are looking for current events on students and mental health. 

You need statistics on the mental health concerns of students. 

You’re curious about what it feels like to be depressed.