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Critique of the Power of Judgment

Disciplines:
philosophy
aesthetics
theology/teleology

Summary

Kant's third Critique analyzing the faculty of judgment — both aesthetic (the beautiful, the sublime) and teleological (organisms as purposive) — as the bridge between the theoretical and practical realms.

Core Contribution

Aesthetic judgment makes a subjective universal claim: the beautiful pleases without concept or interest and yet demands universal assent. The sublime involves a supersensible dimension that points beyond nature. Teleological judgment treats organisms as if they have purposes without asserting genuine purposiveness in nature.

Historical Influences

Immanuel Kant

Intellectual Lineage

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Allied Works

Critique of Pure Reason Critique of Practical Reason

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