Critique of Judgment
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- 出版社 Dover Publications
- 出版时间 2005年9月
- ISBN 9780486445434
- 定价 91.50
内容简介
This1790polemicbyoneofphilosophy'smostimportantandinfluentialfiguresattemptstoestablishtheprinciplesthatsupportthefacultyofjudgment.Kant'sthirdcritique--afterCritiqueofPracticalReasonandCritiqueofPureReason--remainsoneofthemostimportantworksonhumanreason.TheCritiqueofJudgmentinformstheverybasisofmodernaestheticsbyestablishingthealmostuniversallyacceptedframeworkfordebateofaestheticissues.
Asinhispreviouscritiques，Kantseekstoestablishaprioriprinciples.Thefirstpartofthisworkaddressesaestheticsensibility.Thehumanresponsetospecificnaturalphenomenaasbeautiful，heasserts，isarecognitionofnature'sharmoniousorderthatcorrespondstoamentalneedfororder.Thecritique'ssecondhalffocusesontheapparentteleologyinnature'sdesignoforganisms.Thephilosopherdeclaresthatthemindispredisposedtofindpurposeandorderinnature，andthispredispositionformsthemainprincipleunderlyingallourjudgments.Althoughthiscouldbeinterpretedasanargumentinfavorofacreator，KantinsiststhatasupernaturaldimensionortheexistenceofGodcannotbeproven--suchconsiderationsliebeyondtherealmofreason，solelywithintheprovinceoffaith.，
Asinhispreviouscritiques，Kantseekstoestablishaprioriprinciples.Thefirstpartofthisworkaddressesaestheticsensibility.Thehumanresponsetospecificnaturalphenomenaasbeautiful，heasserts，isarecognitionofnature'sharmoniousorderthatcorrespondstoamentalneedfororder.Thecritique'ssecondhalffocusesontheapparentteleologyinnature'sdesignoforganisms.Thephilosopherdeclaresthatthemindispredisposedtofindpurposeandorderinnature，andthispredispositionformsthemainprincipleunderlyingallourjudgments.Althoughthiscouldbeinterpretedasanargumentinfavorofacreator，KantinsiststhatasupernaturaldimensionortheexistenceofGodcannotbeproven--suchconsiderationsliebeyondtherealmofreason，solelywithintheprovinceoffaith.，
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