This course "chews" various issues in esthetics Its purpose is to give you a fuller understanding of key principles so that you can gain greater value from your artistic experiences. Topics include: art as concretization-e.g., why an irrational man hates Galt and a rational man despises Toohey; the role of selectivity in the function of art; why people still respond to art even when ignorant of philosophy; and why most people think that artistic responses are incomprehensible.