The demands of taste in Kant's aesthetics /
Typically philosophers have either viewed beauty as objective and judgments of beauty as universally valid, or else they have viewed beauty as subjective and regarded judgments of beauty as merely private preferences. Immanuel Kant is famous for his unique third path. Kant argues that beauty is subj...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Continuum studies in philosophy.
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| Summary: | Typically philosophers have either viewed beauty as objective and judgments of beauty as universally valid, or else they have viewed beauty as subjective and regarded judgments of beauty as merely private preferences. Immanuel Kant is famous for his unique third path. Kant argues that beauty is subjective, but the judgment of taste about beauty is capable of universal validity. In his view, the beautiful is not a feature of objects themselves, but merely represents the way we respond to objects. Furthermore, the judgment of taste about beauty is a merely 'aesthetic' judgment - i.e., one based. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 176 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847144508 1847144500 9781472545886 1472545885 1281295264 9781281295262 9786611295264 6611295267 |
