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Zusatztext Those who want to develop Kant's ideas in new directions will find, as I have, that Crowther's approach brings one to think about what is really important in Kant's account and why that might be worth preserving Informationen zum Autor Paul Crowther is Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He is a former Official Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and the author of a number of monographs exploring aesthetics, art history, and the philosophy of culture. Klappentext The Kantian Aesthetic explains the kind of perceptual knowledge involved in aesthetic judgments. It does so by linking Kant's aesthetics to a critically upgraded account of his theory of knowledge. Paul Crowther offers an original and lively approach to the cognitive structure of aesthetic judgment. Zusammenfassung The Kantian Aesthetic explains the kind of perceptual knowledge involved in aesthetic judgments. It does so by linking Kant's aesthetics to a critically upgraded account of his theory of knowledge. Paul Crowther offers an original and lively approach to the cognitive structure of aesthetic judgment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The Transcendental Deduction; Objective Knowledge and the Unity of Self- Consciousness 2: Imagination and the Conditions of Knowledge 3: Pure Aesthetic Judgment: A Harmony of Imagination and Understanding 4: The Universality and Justification of Taste 5: Adherent Beauty and Concepts of Perfection 6: From Aesthetic Ideas to the Avant-Garde: The Scope of Fine Art 7: The Kantian Sublime Revisited
