Kant's Critique of Judgement ebook

Kant begins his examination of our faculty of judgement in the Critique of Judgement, sometimes known as the Third Critique. Kant refers to aesthetic judgements as "judgements of taste" and notes that, while they are founded on an individual's subjective experiences, they also claim universal validity. Taste judgements are universal because they are disinterested: when admiring beauty, our own interests and demands do not come into play, hence our aesthetic response is universal. Aesthetic pleasure is derived from the free play of the imagination and comprehension when observing an object. Kant is troubled by the idea of teleology, or the idea that something has an end or purpose. Kant maintains that we would be mistaken to believe that teleological principles are at work in nature.