Philosophy In Film and Other Media

Caricature of George Bernard Shaw.

Caricature of George Bernard Shaw, drawn by Edmund Valtman (Image courtesy of the U.S. Library of Congress.)

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MIT Course Number

24.209

As Taught In

Spring 2004

Level

Undergraduate

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Course Description

This course examines works of film in relation to thematic issues of philosophical importance that also occur in other arts, particularly literature and opera. Emphasis is put on film's ability to represent and express feeling as well as cognition. Both written and cinematic works by Sturges, Shaw, Cocteau, Hitchcock, Joyce, and Bergman, among others, are considered. There are no tests or quizzes, however students write two major papers on media/philosophical research topics of their choosing.

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Irving Singer. 24.209 Philosophy In Film and Other Media. Spring 2004. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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