Kant and the Harmony of the Faculties: A Non-Cognitive Interpretation

Apaar Kumar

doi:10.1017/S1369415417000358

Kant and the Harmony of the Faculties: A Non-Cognitive Interpretation

Apaar Kumar^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Kant interpreters are divided on the question of whether determinate cognition plays a role in the harmony of the faculties in aesthetic judgement. I provide a 'non-cognitive' interpretation that allows Kant's statements regarding judgements of natural beauty to cohere such that determinate cognition need not be taken to perform any role in such judgements. I argue that, in aesthetic harmony, judgement privileges the free activity of the imagination over the cognizing function of the understanding for the purpose of unifying the object, although the free imagination cannot violate the obscure concepts and principles of ordinary common sense.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-26
Number of pages	26
Journal	Kantian Review
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1369415417000358
Publication status	Published - 01-03-2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Philosophy

Access to Document

10.1017/S1369415417000358

Cite this

@article{58e9f7f170944eb1b100a7528ebeefda,

title = "Kant and the Harmony of the Faculties: A Non-Cognitive Interpretation",

abstract = "Kant interpreters are divided on the question of whether determinate cognition plays a role in the harmony of the faculties in aesthetic judgement. I provide a 'non-cognitive' interpretation that allows Kant's statements regarding judgements of natural beauty to cohere such that determinate cognition need not be taken to perform any role in such judgements. I argue that, in aesthetic harmony, judgement privileges the free activity of the imagination over the cognizing function of the understanding for the purpose of unifying the object, although the free imagination cannot violate the obscure concepts and principles of ordinary common sense.",

author = "Apaar Kumar",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Kantian Review 2018.",

year = "2018",

month = mar,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1017/S1369415417000358",

language = "English",

volume = "23",

pages = "1--26",

journal = "Kantian Review",

issn = "1369-4154",

publisher = "Cambridge University Press",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Kant and the Harmony of the Faculties

T2 - A Non-Cognitive Interpretation

AU - Kumar, Apaar

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Kantian Review 2018.

PY - 2018/3/1

Y1 - 2018/3/1

N2 - Kant interpreters are divided on the question of whether determinate cognition plays a role in the harmony of the faculties in aesthetic judgement. I provide a 'non-cognitive' interpretation that allows Kant's statements regarding judgements of natural beauty to cohere such that determinate cognition need not be taken to perform any role in such judgements. I argue that, in aesthetic harmony, judgement privileges the free activity of the imagination over the cognizing function of the understanding for the purpose of unifying the object, although the free imagination cannot violate the obscure concepts and principles of ordinary common sense.

AB - Kant interpreters are divided on the question of whether determinate cognition plays a role in the harmony of the faculties in aesthetic judgement. I provide a 'non-cognitive' interpretation that allows Kant's statements regarding judgements of natural beauty to cohere such that determinate cognition need not be taken to perform any role in such judgements. I argue that, in aesthetic harmony, judgement privileges the free activity of the imagination over the cognizing function of the understanding for the purpose of unifying the object, although the free imagination cannot violate the obscure concepts and principles of ordinary common sense.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85042535122

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85042535122#tab=citedBy

U2 - 10.1017/S1369415417000358

DO - 10.1017/S1369415417000358

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85042535122

SN - 1369-4154

VL - 23

SP - 1

EP - 26

JO - Kantian Review

JF - Kantian Review

IS - 1

ER -

Kant and the Harmony of the Faculties: A Non-Cognitive Interpretation

Abstract

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this