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Critique of Judgment
In THE CRITIQUE OF JUDGMENT (1790), Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) seeks to establish the a priori principles underlying the faculty of judgment, just as he did in his previous critiques of pure and practical reason. The first part deals with the subject of our aesthetic sensibility; we respond to certain natural phenomena as beautiful, says Kant, when we recognize in nature a...more
Paperback, 576 pages
Published
April 1st 1987
by Hackett Publishing Company
(first published 1790)
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Jun 23, 2011
Erik Graff
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
everyone whose read the 1st two Critiques
Recommended to Erik by:
Cornel West, Barry Ulanov
Shelves:
philosophy
I've previously reviewed both The Critique of Pure Reason and The Critique of Practical Reason, describing some of the reasons why the reading of the three critiques led to what might be called a conversion experience--or perhaps an intellectual mystical or jnana experience.
For one who has sedulously studied Kant, the third critique is a kind of capstone as it brings a lot of loose threads of his arguments together in a rather ecstatically inspiring manner. I certainly experienced a kind of inte...more
For one who has sedulously studied Kant, the third critique is a kind of capstone as it brings a lot of loose threads of his arguments together in a rather ecstatically inspiring manner. I certainly experienced a kind of inte...more
Forse le idee che hanno piu' senso in assoluto quando si cerca di definire un concetto tanto astratto quanto quello della "bellezza". Certo che si fa una fatica per capirci qualcosa, e per ritenerlo in testa, senza doverci ritornare di tanto in tanto per rinfrescarsi la memoria.
Dense and difficult. This was my second reading a year. The second time was much easier but you can really get lost. Since Kant is considered one of the formost modern thinkers his writing is an essential component in the development of any sort of continuance of a coherent extension of the philosophical project. He revolutionized the notion of taste and aesthetics as a methodology, an organized system of judgement and a hierarchical canon of perception. His distance from the art object sets him...more
My encounter with the last Kant's Critique was rather casual. I started it as supplementary reading to Truth and Method, but it soon turned out to be a real gem. It is typical Kant - precise, pedantic, with insurmountable half page long sentences, but also with unbeatable ability to grasp roots of philosophical problems. In this work, I must give him one more credit - ability to incorporate something so intractable as beauty, taste and teleology in nature to his system. And Kant outdoes himself,...more
I would have thought this had been put on my list much earlier. Oh Well. this ithe text that would have driven my dissertation, had I written it. Kant's theory of aesthetic judgment and teleology is an incredibly useful examination of the faculty of judgment in general and the theory of aesthetic response. Kant is highly influential and anticipates a lot of what we think about in contemporary art theory, particularly as it pertains to assessing art and beauty without specific rules, or more appr...more
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Kant’s (3rd) Critique of Judgment has always seemed a duality to me. On the one hand you have the section on aesthetics while on the other hand you have the section on teleology. How do they hang together? Is the section on teleology really the ‘4th’ critique? …But what if this last, the search for intelligibility, meaning, purpose, was to be taken seriously? Wouldn’t it threaten to swallow all the other Critiques? The search for intelligibility and purpose becomes, inevitably becomes, t...more
Kant’s (3rd) Critique of Judgment has always seemed a duality to me. On the one hand you have the section on aesthetics while on the other hand you have the section on teleology. How do they hang together? Is the section on teleology really the ‘4th’ critique? …But what if this last, the search for intelligibility, meaning, purpose, was to be taken seriously? Wouldn’t it threaten to swallow all the other Critiques? The search for intelligibility and purpose becomes, inevitably becomes, t...more
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This is a great book to know about this matter. I really enjoy it, so I rate it 4 of 5. I think the discussion was interesting inside the book. Really easy to read, and i think this is a great book for book lovers.
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Isn't this, like, one of the most important books on philosophical aesthetics or something? No one told me that Kant actually tries to tell jokes in it (most of it is not jokes, though, and even the jokes aren't really that funny).
I feel like for me to rate this book would be ridiculous, so I am not doing that.
I feel like for me to rate this book would be ridiculous, so I am not doing that.
It's all in your mind, basically. This book works pretty much as a supplement to the Critique of Pure Reason. Judgment regulates understanding. I could get technical but whatevs. I enjoyed it. Kant spent a lot of time on this stuff. He doesn't need me to explain it.
the book I most respect and least enjoyed reading
The only readable translation...
Apr 08, 2013
Dachi
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Well Endless pride Kant Endless !!!
Dec 06, 2007
Aeisele
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Art historians
Shelves:
philosophy
This is probably my favorite of Kant's three critiques (Pure and Practical Reason being the other two). However, when it comes to reading Kant, saying "favorite" is not quite right: he was such a bad writer, and such a brilliant thinker, its hard to deal with some times.
In any case, this is very interesting because he looks at judgment as a reflective action, both concerning objects of art that are beautiful or sublime, and teleological reflection in nature.
In any case, this is very interesting because he looks at judgment as a reflective action, both concerning objects of art that are beautiful or sublime, and teleological reflection in nature.
How do you rate Kant? How do you rate something you were just barely able to understand? Should I give it 5 stars because it's a classic philosophical text? Should I give it 3 stars because I honestly found it annoyingly repetitious at times?
4 seems like a happy medium.
4 seems like a happy medium.
Aug 02, 2008
Jaeyde
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Jaeyde by:
Paul Guyer - Art & Philosophy - UPenn
Kant is hella difficult to read.
read PART of this for a class. a class taught by the same guy who edited and was lead translator for this edition of the book. basically, the class was only *SLIGHTLY* more intelligible than the book.
read PART of this for a class. a class taught by the same guy who edited and was lead translator for this edition of the book. basically, the class was only *SLIGHTLY* more intelligible than the book.
Jan 25, 2010
Richard
marked it as to-read
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Recommended to Richard by:
Trevor
Shelves:
philosophy,
really-deep-thinking
(In the unlikely event I find the time and incentive to read Kant, Trevor has declared this book is marginally approachable.)
Though I've only read selections, I found Kant engaging and far easier to understand than Hegel's "summary" of Kant. Outlines a good method for approaching a work of art without baggage.
This contains some potentially radical ideas regarding the nature of subjectivity and beauty. Also, it's one of the most important/influential texts in continental philosophy.
Currently reading although thoroughly and for a second time. Give it some time and it will amaze you what begins to present itself.
Jul 13, 2012
okei
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I reserve judgment, lol. Beauty & Purpose are in the eyes of the beholder, but they are also universal.
Difficult...and...difficult...but when you "get it" it is fantastic.
I think this book is going to make me think too much :)
reading kant calls for folgers and saltine crackers
Kant is sooo hard to read! Holy craphola...
Jan 14, 2008
Vip Vinyaratn
marked it as unfinished
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
art and philosophy student
well, he's a german philosopher......
The world may not be what it seems.
Muy detallado, prosa lenta.
May 20, 2013
Nick Halen
marked it as to-read
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Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher from the Prussian city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He is regarded as one of the most influential thinkers of modern Europe and of the late Enlightenment.
His most important work is The Critique of Pure Reason, a critical investigation of reason itself. It encompasses an attack on traditional metaphysics and epistemology, and highligh...more
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His most important work is The Critique of Pure Reason, a critical investigation of reason itself. It encompasses an attack on traditional metaphysics and epistemology, and highligh...more
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“In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.”
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