Kant's aesthetic theory : the beautiful and agreeable / / David Berger

• Autore: Berger David <1974->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Disciplina: 111/.85092
• Soggetto topico: Aesthetics, Modern - 18th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The twofold conception of taste -- The beautiful and the agreeable -- Sensations and interests -- Some varieties of normativity.
• Sommario/riassunto: Taste is ordinarily thought of in terms of two very different idioms - a normative idiom of taste as a standard of appraisal and a non-normative idiom of taste as a purely personal matter. Kant attempts to capture this twofold conception of taste within the terms of his mature critical philosophy by distinguishing between the beautiful and the agreeable. Scholars have largely taken Kant's distinction for granted, but David Berger argues that it is both far richer and far more problematic than it may appear. Berger examines in detail Kant's various attempts to distinguish beauty from agreeableness. This approach reveals the complex interplay between Kant's substantive aesthetic theory and his broader views on metaphysics and epistemology. Indeed, Berger argues that the real interest of Kant's distinction between beauty and agreeableness is ultimately epistemological. His interpretation brings Kant's aesthetic theory into dialogue with questions at the heart of contemporary analytic philosophy and shows how philosophical aesthetics can offer fresh insights into contemporary philosophical debates
• Titolo autorizzato: Kant's aesthetic theory
• ISBN: 1-4725-4570-2; 1-282-29701-5; 9786612297014; 1-4411-5842-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455034803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Continuum studies in philosophy.