Below you can find teaching material I have created for Philosophy and the Arts at MIT. Please note that these teaching materials are not meant to be exhaustive of the content taught week-by-week.

Corresponding Syllabus | Philosophy and the Arts | 24.013

Introduction | Truth in Fiction

Soundness and Validity

Truth in Fiction (The Intentionalist Theory)

Responding to Fiction: Suspension of Disbelief | Imagined Responses | Paradox of Fiction

Evaluating Art: General Principles

Evaluating Art: Against General Principles

Morality and Art (Autonomism)

Morality and Art (Ethicism and Immoralism)

What is Art (The Institutional Theory)

Emotions in Music (The Arousal Theory | The Resemblance Theory)

Beauty and Function | Aesthetics of the Natural World