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I've expanded the aesthetics section of this substantially, but the teleology section could sitll use some major work. --Snowspinner
According to Schopenhauer's Criticism of the Kantian Philosophy, Kant's main interest was not with the beautiful, the sublime, or natural purpose. Kant had very limited experience with beautiful art. His experience of the sublime may have been restricted to staring up at the starry heavens. He was not a naturalist who studied organisms. As in his Critique of Pure Reason, he seemed to be concerned with showing that subjective judgments cannot be assumed to be objective. The condition of the observing subject is not the condition of the observed object. In other words, "Fraulein Meyer seems, to me, to be beautiful" does not mean "Fraulein Meyer, as such, has a quality of beauty." Also, "the world seems to me to have been created by a Being who had a premeditated purpose" does not mean that "the world and everything in it, as such, was really created with a purpose in mind."
However, Kant thought that it was, at times, beneficial to act as though subjective judgments were based on actual qualities in objects. Lestrade 19:32, 9 November 2005 (UTC)Lestrade
Why did Kant write a critique of judgment? Because Kant's main interest was how an observing subject can make a judgment about an experienced object. His whole philosophy was about the relationship between subject and object. His main attitude was that everything considered to be a quality of an object is really conditioned by the constitution of the subject. In his critique of judgment, some people think that it is strange that he should write about beauty and teleology and call it a critique of judgment. But he wasn't interested in the fine arts or the details of the mechanics of nature. He was interested in how a person can say "She is a beautiful woman" instead of "It seems to me that she is a beautiful woman." Likewise, "Nature has a purpose or intelligent design" instead of "It looks to me like Nature has a purpose or intelligent design." That is, he was solely interested in how a subject can make a judgment about an object. All three of his critiques dealt with the relation between a subject and the inferred truth, goodness, or beauty of an object. Lestrade 17:02, 20 May 2006 (UTC)Lestrade
Where did Kant say that the sublime is an object of fear? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.8.8.65 ( talk) 16:35, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Would someone PLEASE find an online version of Part II of the Critique? (Why isn't it online already?) That would be an inestimable service to the entire World Wide Web community, that is, the World. JKeck ( talk) 00:49, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Finally found the full text (at Liberty Fund) and I posted a link. JKeck ( talk) 15:13, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
What is the source for the claim that Derrida extensively studied the 3rd Critique? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.190.89.153 ( talk) 21:01, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
This critique shares a property with Kant’s concept of Schema. Philosophers have found that they can appear profound by claiming that the patently least important and disposable of Kant’s writings are actually the most important, if one has the brains to see this. Therefore, men such as Hegel, Heidegger, Derrida, and others, have found that they could impress the impressionable by claiming that the Schema or The Critique of Judgment, far from being negligible and trifling, are, in reality, the most important of Kant’s writing, the very keys that unlock his whole philosophy. Kant brought this ruse upon himself by his obscurity and carelessness. Lestrade ( talk) 17:25, 27 August 2017 (UTC)Lestrade
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I've expanded the aesthetics section of this substantially, but the teleology section could sitll use some major work. --Snowspinner
According to Schopenhauer's Criticism of the Kantian Philosophy, Kant's main interest was not with the beautiful, the sublime, or natural purpose. Kant had very limited experience with beautiful art. His experience of the sublime may have been restricted to staring up at the starry heavens. He was not a naturalist who studied organisms. As in his Critique of Pure Reason, he seemed to be concerned with showing that subjective judgments cannot be assumed to be objective. The condition of the observing subject is not the condition of the observed object. In other words, "Fraulein Meyer seems, to me, to be beautiful" does not mean "Fraulein Meyer, as such, has a quality of beauty." Also, "the world seems to me to have been created by a Being who had a premeditated purpose" does not mean that "the world and everything in it, as such, was really created with a purpose in mind."
However, Kant thought that it was, at times, beneficial to act as though subjective judgments were based on actual qualities in objects. Lestrade 19:32, 9 November 2005 (UTC)Lestrade
Why did Kant write a critique of judgment? Because Kant's main interest was how an observing subject can make a judgment about an experienced object. His whole philosophy was about the relationship between subject and object. His main attitude was that everything considered to be a quality of an object is really conditioned by the constitution of the subject. In his critique of judgment, some people think that it is strange that he should write about beauty and teleology and call it a critique of judgment. But he wasn't interested in the fine arts or the details of the mechanics of nature. He was interested in how a person can say "She is a beautiful woman" instead of "It seems to me that she is a beautiful woman." Likewise, "Nature has a purpose or intelligent design" instead of "It looks to me like Nature has a purpose or intelligent design." That is, he was solely interested in how a subject can make a judgment about an object. All three of his critiques dealt with the relation between a subject and the inferred truth, goodness, or beauty of an object. Lestrade 17:02, 20 May 2006 (UTC)Lestrade
Where did Kant say that the sublime is an object of fear? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.8.8.65 ( talk) 16:35, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Would someone PLEASE find an online version of Part II of the Critique? (Why isn't it online already?) That would be an inestimable service to the entire World Wide Web community, that is, the World. JKeck ( talk) 00:49, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Finally found the full text (at Liberty Fund) and I posted a link. JKeck ( talk) 15:13, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
What is the source for the claim that Derrida extensively studied the 3rd Critique? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.190.89.153 ( talk) 21:01, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
This critique shares a property with Kant’s concept of Schema. Philosophers have found that they can appear profound by claiming that the patently least important and disposable of Kant’s writings are actually the most important, if one has the brains to see this. Therefore, men such as Hegel, Heidegger, Derrida, and others, have found that they could impress the impressionable by claiming that the Schema or The Critique of Judgment, far from being negligible and trifling, are, in reality, the most important of Kant’s writing, the very keys that unlock his whole philosophy. Kant brought this ruse upon himself by his obscurity and carelessness. Lestrade ( talk) 17:25, 27 August 2017 (UTC)Lestrade