The Philosophy of Kant Explained (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

John Watson

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Explore the questions that shape how we experience beauty and taste.

This clear guide delves into Kant’s ideas about how we judge things as beautiful or sublime, and why such judgments feel universal even when they come from personal feeling. It explains how taste relates to our minds, not just to objects, and shows how aesthetic judgments fit into a broader theory of knowledge and experience.

This edition makes complex philosophy approachable without watering down the core arguments. You’ll see how Kant connects aesthetic taste to the mind’s structure, and why judgments of beauty can claim a kind of universal validity without appealing to objective concepts. The text also traces the tension between feeling and reason, and how this plays out in the famous debates about freedom, necessity, and nature.

Understand the distinction between judgments of taste and judgments of knowledge
Learn how the sublime and the beautiful are defined and evaluated
See how Kant connects aesthetics to broader questions in transcendental philosophy
Follow the method of deduction and the idea of subjective universality in aesthetic judgment

Ideal for readers curious about how our sense of beauty connects to reason, perception, and the structure of thought. This book is a solid introduction for students and general readers alike who want a grounded, readable entry into Kant’s theory of judgment and taste.

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John Watson (UK) OCP DBA 8.0, 8.i, & 9i, 10g, 11g, Interrnet Application Server Administrator, and certified on Managing Oracle on Unix, is a senior consultant with BLP Management Consultants, and taught for Oracle University in South Africa for four years. John taught the DB10g New Features course, the DB10g Manageability and Performance seminars. He validated hundreds of OCP 10g New Features exam questions and contributed to the course material for all the 10g courses. John is the author of numerous articles on technology.

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Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication date: 2018
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1330239687
ISBN 13: 9781330239681
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 530

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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the philosophical ideas of Immanuel Kant, one of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightenment. The author provides a detailed analysis of Kant's major works, including the Critique of Pure Reason, the Critique of Practical Reason, and the Critique of Judgment, placing Kant's ideas within the broader historical context of philosophy, from Descartes and Spinoza through to Leibnitz and Wolff. The author examines the development of key philosophical concepts such as the nature of knowledge, the relationship between mind and matter, and the role of reason in morality. Through a clear and accessible style, the author illuminates the complexities of Kant's thought, revealing the profound impact of his ideas on the subsequent course of Western philosophy. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781330239681_0

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