Course Overview

In this course we will read Kant's theory of aesthetics as presented in his third Critique, the Critique of Judgment. We will use the Cambridge Edition.

Learning Achievement

The course objective is to arrive at an understanding of Kant's theory of aesthetics, which is primarily an analysis of our faculty of making judgments of taste. Kant uses the results of this analysis to discuss various issues such as genius, beauty of nature, beauty of art, and the relationship between beauty and morality.

Competence

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

Course schedule

Course type

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Christian Helmut Wenzel

Other information

(College of Liberal Arts) Graduate Institute of Philosophy

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