I taught Philosophy and Film at UT Austin during the Fall 2020 semester. You can review my materials below. If you have any questions, comments, or requests, please feel free to contact me.
Lecture materials:
- Course Teaser: Authorship and Readymade Films (Week 1)
- Arguments (Week 1)
- Necessary and Sufficient Conditions (Week 2)
- Deductive and Inductive Reasoning (Week 2)
- Facts and Opinions (Week 2)
- Film as Art Pt. 1 (Week 3)
- Film as Art Pt. 2 (Week 3)
- Bazin and Classical Film Theory Pt. 1 (Week 5)
- Bazin and Classical Film Theory Pt. 2 (Week 5)
- Transparent Pictures Pt. 1 (Week 6)
- Transparent Pictures Pt. 2 (Week 6)
- Transparent Pictures Pt. 3 (Week 6)
- Anti-formalism Pt. 1 (Week 7)
- Anti-formalism Pt. 2 (Week 7)
- Art and Ethics Pt. 1 (Week 8)
- Art and Ethics Pt. 2 (Week 8)
- The Male Gaze Pt. 1 (Week 10)
- The Male Gaze Pt. 2 (Week 10)
- The Paradox of Horror (Week 11)
- Fearing Fictions Pt. 1 (Week 12)
- Fearing Fictions Pt. 2 (Week 12)
- Fictional Characters Pt. 1 (Week 13)
- Fictional Characters Pt. 2 (Week 13)
- Cultural Appropriation in the Arts (Student Selected Topic) (Week 14)
- The Paradox of Pornography (Student Selected Topic) (Week 15)
- Film as Philosophy Pt. 1 (Week 16)
- Film as Philosophy Pt. 2 (Week 16)
Class Activities:
- Argument - Practice Questions (Week 2)
- Film as Art - Think-Pair-Share (Week 3)
- The Male Gaze - Think-Pair-Share (Week 10)
- Fiction and the Attitudes - Practice Questions (Weeks 11–13)
- Cultural Appropriation - Debate Activity (Week 14)
Assignments:
- Reading Response Assignment #1
- Reading Response Assignment #2
- Reading Response Assignment #3
- Reading Response Assignment #4
- Reading Response Assignment #5
- Reading Response Assignment #6
- Art Exploration Project
- Final Paper Prompts
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