Kant on Beauty and Biology: An Interpretation of the 'Critique of Judgment'

by Rachel Zuckert

Book Overview

Kant's Critique of Judgment has often been interpreted by scholars as comprising separate treatments of three uneasily connected topics: beauty, biology, and empirical knowledge. Rachel Zuckert's book interprets the Critique as a unified argument concerning all three domains. She argues that on Kant's view, human beings demonstrate a distinctive cognitive ability in appreciating beauty and understanding organic life: an ability to anticipate a whole...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521172330
• ISBN13: 9780521172332
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"