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The Significance of Beauty. Kant on Feeling and the System of the Mind.
Patricia M. Matthews
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Hardback. In the "Critique of Judgment", Kant argues that feeling is part of the system of the mind. This title demonstrates how feeling, disassociated from rational activities in Kant's earlier works, is central in reaching rational ends and understanding humans as unified rational beings. Series: Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
In the Critique of Judgment, Kant argues that feeling is part of the system of the mind. Judgments of taste based on feeling are a unique kind of judgment, and the feeling that is their foundation forms an independent third power of the mind. Feeling has a special role within this system in that it also provides a transition between the other two powers of the mind, cognition and desire.
Matthews argues that feeling, our experience of beauty, provides a transition because it orients humans in a sensible world. Judgments of ... Read more
In the Critique of Judgment, Kant argues that feeling is part of the system of the mind. Judgments of taste based on feeling are a unique kind of judgment, and the feeling that is their foundation forms an independent third power of the mind. Feeling has a special role within this system in that it also provides a transition between the other two powers of the mind, cognition and desire.
Matthews argues that feeling, our experience of beauty, provides a transition because it orients humans in a sensible world. Judgments of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Historical Library
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792347644
SKU
V9780792347644
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