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The Idea Of Form: Rethinking Kant's Aesthetics (cultural Memory In The Present) by Rodolphe Gasche; Ebrary, Inc is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

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Against the assumption that aesthetic form relates to a harmonious arrangement of parts into a beautiful whole, this book argues that reason is the real theme of the "Critique of Judgment" as of the two earlier "Critiques." Since aesthetic judgment of the beautiful becomes possible only when the mind is confronted with things of nature, for which no determined concepts of understanding are available, aesthetic judgment is involved in an epistemological or, rather, para-epistemological task. The

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Rodolphe Gasche; Ebrary, Inc
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Published
2003
Language
EN
ISBN
9780804780315
Category
philosophy
Subjects
Philosophy, Humanities
Updated
2026-03-25

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