Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Kant's missing analytic of artistic beauty. |
| Authors: |
Reiter, Aviv1, Geiger, Ido2 geigeri@bgu.ac.il |
| Source: |
European Journal of Philosophy. Jun2024, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p360-377. 18p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*AESTHETIC judgment, *ARTS, *NATURE, *AESTHETICS |
| People: |
KANT, Immanuel, 1724-1804 |
| Abstract: |
The Analytic of the Beautiful in Kant's Critique of Aesthetic Judgment is a text of unparalleled importance in the history of philosophical aesthetics. Its main claims are adopted by some and rejected by others. A significant number of responses, of both kinds, take the Analytic to apply to all experiences of beauty—most notably, to the beauty of both nature and fine art. Our principal claim is that this assumption is mistaken. The analysis in the misleadingly titled Analytic of the Beautiful applies paradigmatically to judgments of natural beauty. The experience of the beauty of most artworks is different and requires a separate analysis. We detail the modifications required in all four moments of the Analytic and thereby explicate the experience of artistic beauty. This reveals that Kant holds an interesting and historically consequential account of the experience of artistic beauty, which is significantly different from the experience of natural beauty. The analysis further reveals that despite these significant differences, the experiences are both species of a single genus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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