Art and Philosophy

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This course is about the nature of art. What is it? Are there any objective features of art such that anything that is art has to have? Or is something art just because someone says it is art? If there are objective features, what are they? And why does it matter that we attempt to figure out answers to these questions? Through the introduction to specific artists’ works, and philosophical theories of art, we will begin to understand how artists create and the impact art can have on the way we think, act, and organize society.