Kant's Theory of Taste: A Reading of the Critique of Aesthetic Judgment (Modern European Philosophy)

This book constitutes one of the most important contributions to recent Kant scholarship. In it, one of the preeminent interpreters of Kant, Henry Allison, offers a comprehensive, systematic, and philosophically astute account of all aspects of Kant's views on aesthetics. An authoritative guide to the Critique of Aesthetic Judgment (the first and most important part of the Critique of Judgment), no one with a serious interest in Kant's aesthetics can afford to ignore this groundbreaking study. Half-title......Page 3 Series-title......Page 5 Title......Page 7 Copyright......Page 8 Dedication......Page 9 CONTENTS......Page 11 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 13 NOTE ON SOURCES AND KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS......Page 15 INTRODUCTION......Page 19 I KANT’S CONCEPTION OF REFLECTIVE JUDGMENT......Page 29 1 REFLECTIVE JUDGMENT AND THE PURPOSIVENESS OF NATURE......Page 31 I......Page 32 II......Page 38 III......Page 48 IV......Page 53 2 REFLECTION AND TASTE IN THE INTRODUCTIONS......Page 61 I......Page 62 II......Page 64 III......Page 69 IV......Page 73 V......Page 77 II THE QUID FACTI AND THE QUID JURIS IN THE DOMAIN OF TASTE......Page 83 3 THE ANALYTIC OF THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE QUID FACTI......Page 85 I......Page 86 II......Page 89 III......Page 90 IV......Page 96 V......Page 100 4 THE DISINTERESTEDNESS OF THE PURE JUDGMENT OF TASTE......Page 103 I......Page 104 II......Page 108 III......Page 110 IV......Page 112 5 SUBJECTIVE UNIVERSALITY, THE UNIVERSAL VOICE, AND THE HARMONY OF THE FACULTIES......Page 116 I......Page 117 II......Page 121 III......Page 122 IV......Page 128 6 BEAUTY, PURPOSIVENESS, AND FORM......Page 137 I......Page 138 II......Page 143 III......Page 149 IV......Page 156 7 THE MODALITY OF TASTE AND THE SENSUS COMMUNIS......Page 162 I......Page 164 II......Page 167 III......Page 174 8 THE DEDUCTION OF PURE JUDGMENTS OF TASTE......Page 178 I......Page 179 II......Page 182 III......Page 186 IV......Page 190 V......Page 192 VI......Page 197 VII......Page 202 III THE MORAL AND SYSTEMATIC SIGNIFICANCE OF TASTE......Page 211 9 REFLECTIVE JUDGMENT AND THE TRANSITION FROM NATURE TO FREEDOM......Page 213 I......Page 215 II......Page 219 III......Page 224 IV......Page 228 V......Page 231 10 BEAUTY, DUTY, AND INTEREST......Page 237 I......Page 239 II......Page 241 III......Page 245 IV......Page 247 11 THE ANTINOMY OF TASTE AND BEAUTY AS A SYMBOL OF MORALITY......Page 254 I......Page 255 II......Page 258 III......Page 264 IV......Page 272 V......Page 282 VI......Page 284 IV PARERGA TO THE THEORY OF TASTE......Page 287 12 FINE ART AND GENIUS......Page 289 I......Page 291 II......Page 297 III......Page 304 IV......Page 308 V......Page 316 13 THE SUBLIME......Page 320 I......Page 322 II......Page 325 III......Page 329 IV......Page 334 V......Page 342 VI......Page 345 VII......Page 350 VIII......Page 354 IX......Page 359 Introduction......Page 363 Chapter 1. Reflective Judgment and the Purposiveness of Nature......Page 366 Chapter 2. Reflection and Taste in the Introductions......Page 371 Chapter 3. The Analytic of the Beautiful and the Quid Facti: an Overview......Page 374 Chapter 4. The Disinterestedness of the Pure Judgment of Taste......Page 378 Chapter 5. Subjective Universality, the Universal Voice, and the Harmony of the Faculties......Page 379 Chapter 6. Beauty, Purposiveness, and Form......Page 382 Chapter 7. The Modality of Taste and the Sensus Communis......Page 388 Chapter 8. The Deduction of Pure Judgments of Taste......Page 391 Chapter 9. Reflective Judgment and the Transition from Nature to Freedom......Page 395 Chapter 10. Beauty, Duty, and Interest: The Moral Significance of Natural Beauty......Page 398 Chapter 11. The Antinomy of Taste and Beauty as a Symbol of Morality......Page 400 Chapter 12. Fine Art and Genius......Page 407 Chapter 13. The Sublime......Page 413 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 423 INDEX......Page 433 This book constitutes one of the most important contributions to recent Kant scholarship. In it, one of the pre-eminent interpreters of Kant, Henry Allison, offers a comprehensive, systematic, and philosophically astute account of all aspects of Kant's views on aesthetics. The first part of the book analyses Kant's conception of reflective judgment and its connections with both empirical knowledge and judgments of taste. The second and third parts treat two questions that Allison insists must be kept distinct: the normativity of pure judgments of taste, and the moral and systematic significance of taste. The fourth part considers two important topics often neglected in the study of Kant's aesthetics: his conceptions of fine art, and the sublime. In Kant's Theory of Taste, the first part of the book analyses Kant's conception of reflective judgment and its connections with both empirical knowledge and judgments of taste. The second and third parts treat two questions that Allison insists must be kept distinct: the normativity of pure judgments of taste, and the moral and systematic significance of taste. The fourth part considers two important topics often neglected in the study of Kant's aesthetics: his conceptions of fine art, and the sublime. --From publisher's description An important contribution to Kant scholarship. Henry Allison, a pre-eminent interpreter of Kant, offers a comprehensive, systematic, and philosophically astute account of all aspects of Kant's views on aesthetics. No one with a serious interest in Kant's aesthetics can afford to ignore this study

An important study of Kant's aesthetics, from a leading Kant scholar.