CRITIQUE OF JUDGMENT Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher who is widely considered to be a central figure of modern philosophy.
Kant introduces a particular judgment, or a way of thinking that is beyond the twelve categories established by him. This judgment is called «reflective» and concerns essentially the Beauty and the Finalistic.
BEAUTY is what universally attracts, not something which gives pleasure, otherwise it would be included in the twelve categories. • Cannot be explained with any cognitive judgments • Not scientific • Armony • Disinterested • Universal
SUBLIME (sub- limen) is what attracts but, at the same time, creates a sense of apprehension. Dinamics Humans take awareness of limits. Ex. : scaring phenomenon Mathematical Contemplation of the motionless and out of time nature. Ex. : huge spaces
• • • Superiority of human reason Admiration of a large space Vibration and repulsion Imagination and rationality Everything which surround us but, after, becomes the power of evaluating the infinitude
TELEOLOGY Teleological judgment is concerned with the idea of purposes in nature • • • No chaos in universe Armony Organization of nature Perfect proportion of organism Finality