Department of Philosophy
Minor in Philosophy of the Arts
Students on Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022 requirements PHILARMIN
Requirements
The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Logic. One (1) course:
- PHIL-P 150 Elementary Logic
- PHIL-P 250 Introductory Symbolic Logic
- PHIL-P 251 Intermediate Symbolic Logic
PHIL-P 150 Elementary Logic
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Development of critical tools for the evaluation of arguments. Not a prerequisite for PHIL-P 250.
- Repeatability
- Not open to students who have taken or are enrolled in PHIL-P 250.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
PHIL-P 250 Introductory Symbolic Logic
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Propositional logic and first-order quantificational logic.
- Repeatability
- No credit for PHIL-P 150 if PHIL-P 250 taken first or concurrently.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
PHIL-P 251 Intermediate Symbolic Logic
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- PHIL-P 250 or consent of instructor
- Description
- Identity, definite descriptions, properties of formal theories, elementary set theory.
- Spring 2025CASE NMcourseFall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Contemporary Topics. Two (2) courses:
- PHIL-P 246 Introduction to Philosophy and Art
- PHIL-P 320 Philosophy of Language
- PHIL-P 347
- PHIL-P 348 Philosophy and Literature
PHIL-P 246 Introduction to Philosophy and Art
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the philosophical study of art and the relationship between art and philosophy. Topics include the nature of a work of art, the role of emotions in art, the interpretation and appreciation of art, and the way philosophy is expressed in art.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
PHIL-P 320 Philosophy of Language
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: PHIL-P 250 (or another logic course involving formal languages and methods, such as COGS-Q 350 or MATH-M 384) and at least one other course in Philosophy. Students who have not successfully completed a course in logic may find this course difficult
- Description
- A study of selected philosophical problems concerning language and their bearing on traditional problems in philosophy.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
PHIL-P 348 Philosophy and Literature
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A study of philosophical issues raised by and in literature. Special emphasis on reading works of literature as texts of philosophical interest.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- History. Two (2) courses:
- PHIL-P 201 Ancient Greek Philosophy
- PHIL-P 211 Early Modern Philosophy
- PHIL-P 301 Medieval Philosophy
- PHIL-P 304 19th Century Philosophy
- PHIL-P 346 Classics in Philosophy of Art
PHIL-P 201 Ancient Greek Philosophy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: 3 credit hours of philosophy
- Description
- Selective survey of ancient Greek philosophy (pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle).
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
PHIL-P 211 Early Modern Philosophy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: 3 credit hours in Philosophy
- Description
- Selective survey of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century philosophy, including some or all of the following: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
PHIL-P 301 Medieval Philosophy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: 3 credit hours in philosophy
- Description
- A selective survey of Western philosophy from the turn of the Christian era to the end of the Middle Ages. Readings from some or all of Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, Abelard, Bonaventure, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and Ockham.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Spring 2025CASE GCCcourseFall 2024CASE GCCcourse
PHIL-P 304 19th Century Philosophy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: 3 credit hours in philosophy
- Description
- Selective survey of post-Kantian philosophy. Readings from some or all of Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, Mill, and Nietzsche.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
PHIL-P 346 Classics in Philosophy of Art
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: 3 credit hours in philosophy
- Description
- Readings from Plato and Aristotle to Nietzsche and Dewey. Topics include the definition of art, the nature of beauty, and art and society.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
- Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
Minor Area Courses
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Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
This program of study cannot be combined with the following:
- Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (PHILBA)
- Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Political Science (PHILPOLSBA)
- Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religious Studies (PHILRELBA)
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy (POLSPHILBA)
- Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and Philosophy (RELPHILBA)
- Minor in Philosophy (PHILMIN)
- Minor in Philosophy of Mind and Cognition (PHILMCMIN)
Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.