Kant on Pleasure and Judgment

A Developmental and Interpretive Account

Alexander Rueger (University of Alberta)

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Cambridge University Press
11 April 2024

Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy: aesthetics; Ethics & moral philosophy

Were there interactions between the development of Kant's aesthetics and the development of his moral philosophy? How did Kant view pleasure and displeasure and what role did they play in the formation of his system of the faculties? In this book, Alexander Rueger situates Kant's account of pleasure and displeasure in its eighteenth-century context, with special attention to Leibniz, Wolff, Crusius, and Mendelssohn. He traces the development of Kant's views on pleasure from the 1770s to his Critique of Aesthetic Judgment in 1790, and shows that throughout, Kant understood pleasure as the satisfaction of faculty interests. The significance of this theory for the completion of Kant's critical system in the third Critique is discussed in detail. Rueger's study illuminates both the role of pleasure and displeasure in Kant's thought, and their important connections to the power of judgment.

By: Alexander Rueger (University of Alberta)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9781009380348
ISBN 10: 1009380346
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 11 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. The early reception of the third Critique; 2. The completion of the system of the powers of the mind, 1770–1790; 3. Kant's theory of the feeling of pleasure and displeasure (I); 4. Kant's theory of the feeling of pleasure and displeasure (II); 5. Consequences of the theory; 6. The principle(s) of the reflecting power of judgment; 7. The interest of the reflecting power of judgment and the deduction of judgments of taste; 8. The imagination in its freedom; 9. The transition from nature to freedom; Conclusion: the autonomy of taste; Bibliography; Index.

Alexander Rueger is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Alberta. He has published widely in the history and philosophy of science and on Kant's aesthetics.

Reviews for Kant on Pleasure and Judgment: A Developmental and Interpretive Account

'Alexander Rueger offers an innovative and thoroughgoing study of pleasure and judgment (and much more) in Kant's third Critique. The informative earlier parts of the book lay the ground for original discussions of morality, symbolism, genius, and art. In addition, his analysis unfolds with admirable attention to the development and sources of Kant's thought.' Robert Clewis, Gwynedd Mercy University