An introduction to Kant's aesthetics : core concepts and problems


Christian Helmut Wenzel
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Malden, MA : Blackwell , 2005
Omfang
XIII, 183 s.
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Description based upon print version of record.. - An Introduction to Kant's Aesthetics: Core Concepts and Problems; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About This Book; Note on the Translation; Introduction; The Aesthetic Dimension Between Subject and Object; The Meaning of "Aesthetic"; Categories as a Guide; The "Moments" of a Judgment of Taste; 1 Disinterestedness: First Moment; Disinterestedness as a Subjective Criterion; Three Kinds of Satisfaction: Agreeable, Beautiful, Good; 2 Universality: Second Moment; The Argument from Self-Reflection: Private, Public, Universal; Subjective Universality; A Case of Transcendental Logic. - Singular "but" UniversalHow to Read Section 9; 3 Purposiveness: Third Moment; Purpose without Will, Purposiveness without Purpose; Purposiveness and Form: Charm versus Euler; Of "Greatest Importance": Beauty and Perfection; Beauty: Free, Dependent, and Ideal; 4 Necessity: Fourth Moment; Exemplary Necessity; Kant's Interpretation of the sensus communis; The Deduction; 5 Fine Art, Nature, and Genius; Fine Art and Why It Must Seem like Nature; Genius and Taste; Genius and Aesthetic Ideas; 6 Beyond Beauty; The Sublime; Beauty as the Symbol of Morality. - The Analytic, the Dialectic, and the Supersensible7 Two Challenges; Can Kant's Aesthetics Account for the Ugly?; Can there be Beauty and Genius in Mathematics?; Summary and Overview; Before Kant; Kant's Aesthetics; After Kant; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. - In An Introduction to Kant's Aesthetics, Christian Wenzel discusses and demystifies Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment, guiding the reader each step of the way and placing key points of discussion in the context of Kant's other work. Explains difficult concepts in plain language, using numerous examples and a helpful glossary. Proceeds in the same order as Kant's text for ease of reference and comprehension. Includes an illuminating foreword by Henry E. Allison. Offers twenty-six further-reading sections, commenting briefly on books and arti
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1405130350. - 1405130369. - 9781405130356. - 9781405130363

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