Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment: The Territory of the Third Critique

Kristi Sweet's book "Kant's Critique of Judgment: A Study of the Independent Sphere of Human Life" argues that the Critique examines a sphere of human life that is independent of practical or theoretical interests, addressing the question of what we may hope for. The territory, a region of experience that underlies and mediates between freedom and nature, forms the context for interpreting purposiveness, the Ideal of Beauty, the sensus communis, genius, and aesthetic ideas, and Kant's conception of life and proof of God. Encounters in this sphere refer us to a larger cosmic sense of a whole.

Format: Hardback
Length: 238 pages
Publication date: 09 February 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Kant's Critique of Judgment is a complex and multifaceted work that defies easy categorization. Unlike some attempts to view it as a unified whole, which treat it as serving either practical or theoretical interests, Kristi Sweet's book presents it as examining a genuinely independent sphere of human life. In her comprehensive account of Kant's Critical philosophical system, Sweet argues that the Critique addresses the fundamental question: for what may I hope? The answer to this question is found in Kant's account of territory, a region of experience that both underlies and mediates between freedom and nature.

Territory forms the context in which purposiveness without a purpose, the Ideal of Beauty, the sensus communis, genius and aesthetic ideas, and Kant's conception of life and proof of God are best interpreted. Encounters within this sphere are shown to refer us to a larger, more cosmic sense of a whole to which both freedom and nature belong.

Sweet's book offers a fresh and insightful perspective on Kant's Critique of Judgment, challenging traditional interpretations and revealing the deeper dimensions of his philosophical system. It is a valuable contribution to the study of Kant and his philosophy, and will be of interest to scholars and students alike.

Weight: 490g
Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781316511121