Kant and the Claims of Taste / Edition 2

by Paul Guyer

Overview

Kant and the Claims of Taste, here published for the first time in paperback in a revised version, has become since its initial publication in 1979 the standard commentary on Kant's aesthetic theory. The book offers a detailed account of Kant's views on judgments of taste, aesthetic pleasure, imagination and many other topics. For this new edition, Paul Guyer has provided a new foreword and has added a chapter on Kant's conception of fine art.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521576024
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/13/1997
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	452
Sales rank:	722,589
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 9.06(h) x 1.18(d)

Table of Contents

1. Kant's Early Views; 2. The Theory of Reflective Judgment; 3. The Harmony of the Faculties; 4. A Universal Voice; 5. The Disinterestedness of Aesthetic Judgment; 6. The Form of Finality; 7. The Task of the Deduction; 8. The Deduction: First Attempt; 9. The Deduction: Second Attempt; 10. The Metaphysics of Taste; 11. Aesthetics and Morality; 12. Kant's conception of fine art.

Editorial Reviews

"...packed on almost every page with exciting things and penetrating insights....It would be difficult to overpraise this book." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

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