PHIL 317 Philosophy of Architecture
This course surveys the bearing philosophy has on architecture through readings from philosophical aesthetics and the theory of architecture. The philosophical insight employed today in architecture is a product of complex historical parallels between architectural theory and philosophy. This mutual interest offers fecund paths for the exploration of the conditions for building as a philosophical enterprise in its own right. At the same time, the metaphysical, utilitarian, aesthetic, epistemological and ethical problems architecture routinely faces all test the limits of philosophical inquiry. They are as capable of shaking up philosophical preconceptions as they are the foundations of potential buildings. Prerequisites: WRIT 313, Advanced Academic Writing; LSCI 105, Information Theory and Practice or LSCI 106, Information Sources in Architecture and Interior Design, or LSCI 205, Information in the Disciplines MDST 120, Public Speaking