Questions and answ er s w ith
accur ate r ationales(PASSED)
As explained by Schopenhauer, when one experiences the sublime one's
perception of an object_______ - answer Liberates one from his or her own
will/self-interest and the object presented stands in hostile relation to the
individual's existence.
Santayana argues that ____ is vital to the experience of beauty and explains it in
part as a psychological phenomenon by which we project an emotional element
of our perception onto the object perceived, regarding it as a quality of the object.
- answer Objectification
According to Santayana, a world with any value in it
--- - answer Requires consciousness and emotion
According to Santayana, ___ are primarily associated with preventing pain and
suffering in the world. - answer Moral values
Santayana claims that defining beauty, or what is sometimes referred to as the
aesthetic experience, involves establishing ___. - answer The conditions that make
experiencing beauty possible for the subject
, The perception of values, according to George Santayana, is the true subject of
___. - answer Aesthetics
As explained by Schopenhauer, when one experiences beauty one's perception of
an object ___. - answer Liberates one from his or her own will/self-interest and
the object presented stands is neutral relation to the individual's existence.
Santayana understands aesthetic experiences to be ___, as they are characterized
by the pleasure or delight gained from the experience itself. - answer Value
positive
As discussed in class, Schopenhauer understands ___, which he associates with
one's self-interest and personal desires, to be the source of pain and suffering
experienced in life. - answer Beauty
For Santayana ___ is not a necessary component to aesthetic experience even
though we may often seek it out to confirm our own experience of beauty in the
hope to secure a sense of certainty and solidarity with others. - answer
Universality
In her explanation of logical form, Susanne Langer considers its physical derivation
and offers the example of a ___ found in a department store. - answer Lampshade
In the reading, Schopenhauer at length compares the happiness and suffering of
humans with the happiness and suffering of ___. - answer Animals