PHL323: Philosophy of Art

Module 1: Reflecting on Nature of Philosophy of Other Disciplines

• Unit 1: A Brief Revision on the Notion of Philosophy
• Unit 2: The Tools of Philosophy
• Unit 3: Philosophy and Other Disciplines
• Unit 4: Aesthetics as a Branch of Philosophy
• Unit 5: Aesthetic Theories on Artworks

Module 2: The Theory of Instrumentalism and African Works of Art

• Unit 1: Autonomy, Quasi-Realism and Aesthetic Judgment
• Unit 2: Instrumentalism and African Art
• Unit 3: Two Indigenous African Artworks and Instrumentalism
• Unit 4: Music as a weapon of social change: A Study of Fela Anikulapo’s “Blackism”

Module 3: Philosophy and Literature

• Unit 1: On Philosophy of Literature
• Unit 2: Truth and Fiction in Literature: A Case Study of George Orwell’s Animal Farm
• Unit 3: Racism in Classical Literature