Course Name | Theories of Imagination and Aesthetics |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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NMC 472 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims to develop the ability to interpret the role of images in cognition through an investigation of the theories of imagination and aesthetics. Students will acquire interpretive skills required in the production and understanding of images in different aspects of human experience. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | The use of imagination and aesthetic judgment has traditionally been regarded as an inferior mode of thought than cognitive judgments, perception and moral reasoning. However, investigation into the conditions\nof knowledge as well as morality suggests that productive imagination permeates our ability to use concepts as well as make value judgments. This course will examine various theories of imagination and aesthetics in order to explore the ways in which image-making is an indispensable condition of our sense-making practices. |
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Supportive Courses | X | |
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Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction | What is an image? |
2 | Kant’s Theory of Imagination | Samantha Matheme, pp. 55-69 |
3 | Husserl | Julia Jansen, pp. 69-82 |
4 | Sartre | Robert Hopkins, pp. 82-95 |
5 | Imagination, dreaming, and hallucination | Jonathan Jenkins Idikava, pp. 149-163 |
6 | Midterm 1 | |
7 | Imagination and Perception | Bence Nanay, pp. 124-135 |
8 | Imagination and memory | Dorothea Debus, pp. 135-149 |
9 | Simulation Theory | Shannon Spalding, pp. 262-274 |
10 | In-class writing assignment | |
11 | Imagination and the self. | Dilip Ninan pp. 274-286 |
12 | İmagination and fiction | Kathleen Stock, pp. 204-217 |
13 | Fiction and Emotion | Stacie Friend, pp. 217-231 |
14 | Film screening | |
15 | Midterm exam 2 | |
16 | Overview |
Course Notes/Textbooks | The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Imagination, ed. Amy Kind, Routledge (2016) ISBN: 978-0-415-73948-1 |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 30 |
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 25 |
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 35 |
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 100 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 17 | |
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 12 | |
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 15 | |
Final Exams | |||
Total | 120 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication. | X | ||||
2 | To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | |||||
4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. | |||||
5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. | |||||
6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. | |||||
8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. | X | ||||
9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. | |||||
10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | X |
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