Abstract
In The Critique of Judgment, the essential problem to be resolved is that Kant should search for the priori grounds for appreciation and judgment so that they can be contained in the priori philosophy system. It is not a smooth course for Kant to make it. First of all, the fundamental problem that why appreciation and judgment are priori needs to be answered, after which Kant can search priori principles for teleology. Secondly, through the priori deduction of appreciation and judgment, Kant discovers their universal necessity. Kant looks for the priori grounds in the human mind for them, and what he finds is "Aesthetic Common Sense". Since "Aesthetic Common Sense" is just a hypothesis, its ultimate grounds must be found or established so that the universal necessity of appreciation and judgment can be ensured. Kant has found the ultimate grounds of appreciation and judgment from their anatomy, namely, the uncertain "priori and rational conception of the extrasensory" as well as "practical reason" emphasized by Kant. To this end, he concludes that "beauty is the symbol of morality."
First Page
17
Last Page
25
Recommended Citation
Hu, Youfeng. 2018. "The Priori Grounds for Kant's Judgment of Taste." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 38, (2): pp.17-25. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol38/iss2/15
