Ryan Ravanpak
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
BA, University of California, Berkeley
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
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 (Ethicism and Immoralism)
What is Art (The Institutional Theory)
Emotions in Music (The Arousal Theory | The Resemblance Theory)
