Imagination and interpretation in Kant : the hermeneutical import of the Critique of judgment

In this illuminating study of Kant's theory of imagination and its role in interpretation, Rudolf A. Makkreel argues against the commonly held notion that Kant's transcendental philosophy is incompatible with hermeneutics. The charge that Kant's foundational philosophy is inadequate to the task of interpretation can be rebutted, explains Makkreel, if we fully understand the role of imagination in his work. In identifying this role, Makkreel also reevaluates the relationship among Kant's discussions of the feeling of life, common sense, and the purposiveness of history. Cover Title Page Publication Data Dedication Contents Preface Abbreviations Introduction Part One: The Imagination: Precritical and Critical 1. Image Formation and Synthesis: from the Precritical Writings to the Critique of Pure Reason The Formative Powers in the "Reflections on Anthropology" Synoptic Formation in the "Lectures on Metaphysics" The Three Syntheses of the "Critique of Pure Reason" 2. The Figurative Synthesis of Imagination and the Meaning of Experience Imaginative Synthesis and Understanding Figurative Synthesis Experience as a "Reading" of Nature Schematism and Objective Meaning Conclusion Part Two: The Imagination in the Critique of Judgment 3. The Aesthetic Imagination: Beautiful Form and Reflective Specification The Imagination in Aesthetic Judgment Synthesis and Aesthetic Apprehension The Reflective Specification of the Categories Aesthetic Form and Cognitive Purposiveness 4. The Regress of the Imagination: The Sublime and the Form of the Subject The Sublime and Aesthetic Comprehension The Regress of the Imagination The Whole Determination of the Mind The Form of the Subject 5. The Life of the Imagination Aesthetic Pleasure and the Feeling of Life Life and Teleology Conclusion Part Three: Judgment and Reflective Interpretation 6. Ideas of the Imagination and Reflective Interpretation Imagination and Normal Ideas Aesthetic Ideas Expression and Symbolic Presentation Aesthetic Ideas and the "True Interpretation" of Beauty 7. Teleological Ideas and the Authentic Interpretation of History A Teleological Interpretation of Nature and History Universal History and the Development of Freedom Culture as the Ultimate Purpose of Human History Religion and Authentic Interpretation Divinatory History and the Imagination 8. Common Sense and Transcendental Orientation in Hermeneutics Imaginative Orientation and Critical Interpretation Common Sense and Kant's Transcendental Topology Reflective Interpretation and the Human Sciences Bibliography Index Preface Abbreviations Introduction Pt. 1: The Imagination: Precritical and Critical 1: Image Formation and Synthesis: From the Precritical Writings to the Critique of Pure Reason 2: The Figurative Synthesis of Imagination and the Meaning of ExperiencePt. 2: The Imagination in the Critique of Judgment 3: The Aesthetic Imagination: Beautiful Form and Reflective Specification 4: The Regress of the Imagination: The Sublime and the Form of the Subject 5: The Life of the Imagination Pt. 3: Judgment and Reflective Interpretation 6: Ideas of the Imagination and Reflective Interpretation 7: Teleological Ideas and the Authentic Interpretation of History 8: Common Sense and Transcendental Orientation in Hermeneutics Bibliography Index Rudolf A. Makkreel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.