Book contents
- The Critique of Judgment and the Unity of Kant’s Critical System
- The Critique of Judgment and the Unity of Kant’s Critical System
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Sources
- Kant’s Writings by Abbreviations Used for German Titles with Corresponding Translations
- Introduction
- Part I The Highest Good and the Postulates
- Part II Aesthetic Judgment and the “Moral Image”
- Part III Teleological Judgment and the “Moral Image”
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 August 2023
- The Critique of Judgment and the Unity of Kant’s Critical System
- The Critique of Judgment and the Unity of Kant’s Critical System
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Sources
- Kant’s Writings by Abbreviations Used for German Titles with Corresponding Translations
- Introduction
- Part I The Highest Good and the Postulates
- Part II Aesthetic Judgment and the “Moral Image”
- Part III Teleological Judgment and the “Moral Image”
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this book, Lara Ostaric argues that Kant’s seminal Critique of Judgment is properly understood as completing his Critical system. The two seemingly disparate halves of the text are unified under this larger project insofar as both aesthetic and teleological judgment indirectly exhibit the final end of reason, the Ideas of the highest good and the postulates, as if obtaining in nature. She relates Kant’s discussion of aesthetic and teleological judgment to important yet under-explored concepts in his philosophy, and helps the reader to recognize the relevance of his aesthetics and teleology for our understanding of fine arts and genius, the possibility of pure judgments of ugliness, Kant’s philosophy of history, his philosophy of religion, and his conception of autonomy. Ostaric’s novel and thoroughly integrative presentation of Kant’s system will be of interest not only to Kant scholars but also to those working in religious studies, art history, political theory, and intellectual history.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023