An Introduction to Kant′s Aesthetics: Core Concept s and Problems

<p>Foreword by Henry E. Allison viii</p>
<p>Acknowledgments xi</p>
<p>About This Book xii</p>
<p>Note on the Translation xiv</p>
<p>Introduction 1</p>
<p>The Aesthetic Dimension Between Subject and Object 1</p>
<p>The Meaning of Aesthetic 4</p>
<p>Categories as a Guide 8</p>
<p>The Moments of a Judgment of Taste 13</p>
<p>1 Disinterestedness: First Moment 19</p>
<p>Disinterestedness as a Subjective Criterion 19</p>
<p>Three Kinds of Satisfaction: Agreeable, Beautiful, Good 23</p>
<p>2 Universality: Second Moment 27</p>
<p>The Argument from Self–Reflection: Private, Public, Universal 27</p>
<p>Subjective Universality 31</p>
<p>A Case of Transcendental Logic 35</p>
<p>Singular but Universal 39</p>
<p>How to Read Section 9 46</p>
<p>3 Purposiveness: Third Moment 54</p>
<p>Purpose without Will, Purposiveness without Purpose 54</p>
<p>Purposiveness and Form: Charm versus Euler 60</p>
<p>Of Greatest Importance : Beauty and Perfection 65</p>
<p>Beauty: Free, Dependent, and Ideal 69</p>
<p>4 Necessity: Fourth Moment 77</p>
<p>Exemplary Necessity 77</p>
<p>Kant s Interpretation of the sensus communis 81</p>
<p>The Deduction 86</p>
<p>5 Fine Art, Nature, and Genius 94</p>
<p>Fine Art and Why It Must Seem like Nature 94</p>
<p>Genius and Taste 98</p>
<p>Genius and Aesthetic Ideas 101</p>
<p>6 Beyond Beauty 106</p>
<p>The Sublime 106</p>
<p>Beauty as the Symbol of Morality 113</p>
<p>The Analytic, the Dialectic, and the Supersensible 120</p>
<p>7 Two Challenges 128</p>
<p>Can Kant s Aesthetics Account for the Ugly? 128</p>
<p>Can there be Beauty and Genius in Mathematics? 133</p>
<p>Summary and Overview 141</p>
<p>Before Kant 141</p>
<p>Kant s Aesthetics 142</p>
<p>After Kant 146</p>
<p>Glossary 149</p>
<p>Bibliography 157</p>
<p>Index 171</p>