Question 1

Recall the functions of imagination and stories that Dutton (Reading 98) discusses. Do you think any of these apply to this poem? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

Dutton theorizes that fiction helps us relate to the human condition, to understand ourselves more fully, and in so doing helps us to relate on a more intimate and more human level. Whitman's poem certainly connects images with emotions, and so helps to develop our capacity of empathy.

Question 2

Pater claims that our education becomes complete in proportion as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  We attain ecstasy in the universality of form 
B)  We grasp the metaphysical nature of abstract beauty 
C)  Our susceptibility to impression increases depth and variety 
D)  Our sense of vogue disparages of the common 
A)  We attain ecstasy in the universality of form 
B)  We grasp the metaphysical nature of abstract beauty 
C)  Our susceptibility to impression increases depth and variety 
D)  Our sense of vogue disparages of the common C

Question 3

Which of the following characterizes the nature of the problem that concerns Dewey?

Accepted Answer

A)  The poor quality of art these days 
B)  The compartmentalization of fine art 
C)  The failure of philosophers to define beauty 
D)  The intoxication of artists 
A)  The poor quality of art these days 
B)  The compartmentalization of fine art 
C)  The failure of philosophers to define beauty 
D)  The intoxication of artists B

Question 4

Dutton thinks fiction gives us "mental maps for emotional life." What would you infer that Dutton thinks about the role of emotion in ethics? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

Dutton claims that fiction does indeed g

Question 5

What, according to Dewey, is the difference between experiencing something and having an experience? What role does Dewey think that aesthetics should play in enriching and heightening our experience of life? How does he think that this process ought to work? Is he right? Why or why not.

Accepted Answer

Experiencing is something we cannot help

Question 6

What does Dewey cite as the source of the "museum conception" of art?

Accepted Answer

A)  The fact that most museums in Europe are memorials of the rise of nationalism 
B)  The fact that museums are often arenas for exhibiting loot gathered by its monarchs in conquest of other nations 
C)  The growth of capitalism 
D)  All of the above 
A)  The fact that most museums in Europe are memorials of the rise of nationalism 
B)  The fact that museums are often arenas for exhibiting loot gathered by its monarchs in conquest of other nations 
C)  The growth of capitalism 
D)  All of the above

Question 7

What is the basis of Dewey's criticism of the "museum conception of art"? What factors contribute to the rise of that conception? He suggests that the museum conception of art operates to the detriment of those who hold it. How so? Do you agree that the museum conception presents such problems? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The museum conception, for Dewey, denies

Question 8

What does Nietzsche mean by "intoxication?" How does it contribute to a striving for perfection? How does perfection relate to art for Nietzsche? Think of an example of a work of art that Nietzsche might consider to be "a compulsion to transform into the perfect." Do you see its value in the same way Nietzsche does? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Nietzsche, by intoxication, means an ove

Question 9

Reread what Nietzsche (Reading 96) says about intoxication. Do you think this poem exemplifies his theory?

Accepted Answer

Nietzsche remarks, ""The essence of into

Question 10

Whitman was a 19th century American poet.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to Dewey, what is the primary task of one who writes upon philosophy of the final arts?

Accepted Answer

A)  To theorize about the nature of beauty 
B)  To delineate the beautify and the ordinary 
C)  To restore continuity between refined experience of art and everyday experience 
D)  To transcend the absolute in experience 
A)  To theorize about the nature of beauty 
B)  To delineate the beautify and the ordinary 
C)  To restore continuity between refined experience of art and everyday experience 
D)  To transcend the absolute in experience

Question 12

According to Nietzsche, what is the essence of intoxication?

Accepted Answer

A)  The free floating lucidity of the transcendental 
B)  The feeling of plenitude and increased energy 
C)  A total escape from mundane conventionalism 
D)  The honing of one's inner artistic apparition 
A)  The free floating lucidity of the transcendental 
B)  The feeling of plenitude and increased energy 
C)  A total escape from mundane conventionalism 
D)  The honing of one's inner artistic apparition

Question 13

Think of examples of art (in any art form-for example, music, painting. architecture, and drama) that Nietzsche would consider art and that he would consider "anti-art." Do you agree with what you think his evaluation of them would be? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Nietzsche would probably consider the Se

Question 14

Consider again Pater's last sentence. Take a specific work of art (in any form or medium you wish, and it does not have to be one that Pater would have known) and show how Pater would say that it gives "nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moment's sake." What do you think that he means by that phrase? Restate it in your own words. Does Pater's theory, as exemplified in that phrase, apply to the work of art that you have in mind? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

A student's answer might sound something

Question 15

Pater argues that task of the true student of aesthetics is to pontificate on art as universal, to formulate an abstract theory of the beautiful.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Dewey notes that the factors which glorified fine art arose from within the community of art itself, as propagation of false pride, and therefore only the community of art can topple the pedestal on which art now sits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

How does Nietzsche define "art?"
A) The compulsion to transform into the perfect
B) The love of beauty
C) Capturing perfect beauty
D) Creating something out of nothing

Accepted Answer

Friedrich Nietzsche's definition of art

Question 18

According to Dutton, why did the human appetite for fiction arise in evolutionary history?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fiction has adaptive value because it is low-cost, low-risk surrogate experience. 
B)  Fiction has pedagogical value. 
C)  Fiction helps develop interpersonal and social skills. 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Fiction has adaptive value because it is low-cost, low-risk surrogate experience. 
B)  Fiction has pedagogical value. 
C)  Fiction helps develop interpersonal and social skills. 
D)  All of the above

Question 19

Pater contends that the task of the student of aesthetics is to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Find a universal definition of beauty 
B)  Define beauty as it is expressed in each particular thing 
C)  Apprehend the form of the beautiful 
D)  Understand the metaphysical abstraction of the beautiful 
A)  Find a universal definition of beauty 
B)  Define beauty as it is expressed in each particular thing 
C)  Apprehend the form of the beautiful 
D)  Understand the metaphysical abstraction of the beautiful

Question 20

Dutton argues that art is an adaptation for individuals in that it helps them understand their own, characteristically human emotions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Recall the functions of imagination and stories that Dutton (Reading 98) discusses. Do you think any of these apply to this poem? Explain your answer.

Pater claims that our education becomes complete in proportion as __________.

Which of the following characterizes the nature of the problem that concerns Dewey?

Dutton thinks fiction gives us "mental maps for emotional life." What would you infer that Dutton thinks about the role of emotion in ethics? Explain your answer.

What, according to Dewey, is the difference between experiencing something and having an experience? What role does Dewey think that aesthetics should play in enriching and heightening our experience of life? How does he think that this process ought to work? Is he right? Why or why not.

What does Dewey cite as the source of the "museum conception" of art?

Reread what Nietzsche (Reading 96) says about intoxication. Do you think this poem exemplifies his theory?

Whitman was a 19^th century American poet.

According to Dewey, what is the primary task of one who writes upon philosophy of the final arts?

According to Nietzsche, what is the essence of intoxication?

Think of examples of art (in any art form-for example, music, painting. architecture, and drama) that Nietzsche would consider art and that he would consider "anti-art." Do you agree with what you think his evaluation of them would be? Why or why not?

Pater argues that task of the true student of aesthetics is to pontificate on art as universal, to formulate an abstract theory of the beautiful.

Dewey notes that the factors which glorified fine art arose from within the community of art itself, as propagation of false pride, and therefore only the community of art can topple the pedestal on which art now sits.

How does Nietzsche define "art?" A) The compulsion to transform into the perfect B) The love of beauty C) Capturing perfect beauty D) Creating something out of nothing

According to Dutton, why did the human appetite for fiction arise in evolutionary history?

Pater contends that the task of the student of aesthetics is to __________.

Dutton argues that art is an adaptation for individuals in that it helps them understand their own, characteristically human emotions.

Learning

Reasoning

Flourishing

Believing

Believing

Relating

Cooperating

Confronting

Caring

Working

Consuming

Extending Ethics

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Exam 12: Creating

Recall the functions of imagination and stories that Dutton (Reading 98) discusses. Do you think any of these apply to this poem? Explain your answer.

Pater claims that our education becomes complete in proportion as __________.

Which of the following characterizes the nature of the problem that concerns Dewey?

Dutton thinks fiction gives us "mental maps for emotional life." What would you infer that Dutton thinks about the role of emotion in ethics? Explain your answer.

What, according to Dewey, is the difference between experiencing something and having an experience? What role does Dewey think that aesthetics should play in enriching and heightening our experience of life? How does he think that this process ought to work? Is he right? Why or why not.

What does Dewey cite as the source of the "museum conception" of art?

Reread what Nietzsche (Reading 96) says about intoxication. Do you think this poem exemplifies his theory?

Whitman was a 19th century American poet.

According to Dewey, what is the primary task of one who writes upon philosophy of the final arts?

According to Nietzsche, what is the essence of intoxication?

Think of examples of art (in any art form-for example, music, painting. architecture, and drama) that Nietzsche would consider art and that he would consider "anti-art." Do you agree with what you think his evaluation of them would be? Why or why not?

Pater argues that task of the true student of aesthetics is to pontificate on art as universal, to formulate an abstract theory of the beautiful.

Dewey notes that the factors which glorified fine art arose from within the community of art itself, as propagation of false pride, and therefore only the community of art can topple the pedestal on which art now sits.

How does Nietzsche define "art?" A) The compulsion to transform into the perfect B) The love of beauty C) Capturing perfect beauty D) Creating something out of nothing

According to Dutton, why did the human appetite for fiction arise in evolutionary history?

Pater contends that the task of the student of aesthetics is to __________.

Dutton argues that art is an adaptation for individuals in that it helps them understand their own, characteristically human emotions.

Learning

Reasoning

Flourishing

Believing

Believing

Relating

Cooperating

Confronting

Caring

Working

Consuming

Extending Ethics

Filters

Whitman was a 19^th century American poet.