Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment (Paperback)

Paul Guyer

ISBN 10: 0742514196 / ISBN 13: 9780742514195

Edité par Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD, 2003

Paperback. Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment, first published in 1790, was the last of the great philosopher's three critiques, following on the heels of Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and Critique of Practical Reason (1788). In the first two, Kant dealt with metaphysics and morality; in the third, Kant turns to the aesthetic dimension of human experience, showing how our experiences of natural and artistic beauty, the sublime magnitude and might of nature, and of purposive organisms and ecological systems gives us palpable evidece that it is possible for us not only to form moral intentions, but also to realize our freely chosen moral goals within nature as we experience it. The present volume collects twelve of the most important critical discussions on the Critique of the Power of Judgment written by leading Kant scholars and aestheticians from the United States and Great Britain. In addition to a substantive introduction by the editor, the book includes an extensive, annotated bibliography of the most important work on Kant and on the background and arguments of his third Critique published throughout the twentieth century. Includes twelve of the most important modern critical discussions of the Critique of the Power of Judgment, written by the leading Kant scholars and aestheticians of the twentieth century. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780742514195

Synopsis :

Kants Critique of the Power of Judgment, first published in 1790, was the last of the great philosophers three critiques, following on the heels of Critique of Pure Reason (1781) and Critique of Practical Reason (1788). In the first two, Kant dealt with metaphysics and morality; in the third, Kant turns to the aesthetic dimension of human experience, showing how our experiences of natural and artistic beauty, the sublime magnitude and might of nature, and of purposive organisms and ecological systems gives us palpable evidece that it is possible for us not only to form moral intentions, but also to realize our freely chosen moral goals within nature as we experience it.

The present volume collects twelve of the most important critical discussions on the Critique of the Power of Judgment written by leading Kant scholars and aestheticians from the United States and Great Britain. In addition to a substantive introduction by the editor, the book includes an extensive, annotated bibliography of the most important work on Kant and on the background and arguments of his third Critique published throughout the twentieth century.

À propos des auteurs: Paul Guyer is the Jonathan Nelson Professor of Humanities and Philosophy at Brown University, USA. He is the author of eleven books on the philosophy of Kant, most recently Virtues of Freedom (2016) and Kant on the Rationality of Morality (2019), as well as of A History of Modern Aesthetics in three volumes (2014).

Nick Zangwill, Honorary Research Fellow, Philosophy Department, University College London and Visiting Professor, Philosophy Department University of Lincoln, UK.

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Titre : Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment (...
Éditeur : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Lanham, MD
Date d'édition : 2003
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : new