Kant’s turn in the account of feeling: Critical response to the XVIII century sentimentalism

Rationalism marked the first half of XVIII century German philosophy. Yet, in the second half of the century a new tendency - which based its orientation towards aesthetics on immediate feeling - emerged and ultimately paved the way to German romanticism. This paper aims to show the main fe...

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Main Author: Cvejić Igor
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Language:deu
Published: Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade 2015-01-01
Series:Filozofija i Društvo
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spelling doaj-88b47e4d06b344d498ec5432b88747252020-11-24T22:57:46ZdeuInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory, BelgradeFilozofija i Društvo0353-57382334-85772015-01-01261274610.2298/FID1501027C0353-57381501027CKant’s turn in the account of feeling: Critical response to the XVIII century sentimentalismCvejić Igor0Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, BeogradRationalism marked the first half of XVIII century German philosophy. Yet, in the second half of the century a new tendency - which based its orientation towards aesthetics on immediate feeling - emerged and ultimately paved the way to German romanticism. This paper aims to show the main features of Kant’s response to this new tendency. However, this response must be understood in terms of Kant’s transcendental philosophy and his tripartite division of irreducible faculties of the mind. I will argue that the development of Kant’s position was based on his account of the Feeling as a separate faculty of the mind, and the principle of purposiveness as an apriori principle for this faculty.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2015/0353-57381501027C.pdfKantfeelingtactusirreducible faculties of the mindpurposiveness
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Kant’s turn in the account of feeling: Critical response to the XVIII century sentimentalism
Filozofija i Društvo
Kant
feeling
tactus
irreducible faculties of the mind
purposiveness
author_facet Cvejić Igor
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title Kant’s turn in the account of feeling: Critical response to the XVIII century sentimentalism
title_short Kant’s turn in the account of feeling: Critical response to the XVIII century sentimentalism
title_full Kant’s turn in the account of feeling: Critical response to the XVIII century sentimentalism
title_fullStr Kant’s turn in the account of feeling: Critical response to the XVIII century sentimentalism
title_full_unstemmed Kant’s turn in the account of feeling: Critical response to the XVIII century sentimentalism
title_sort kant’s turn in the account of feeling: critical response to the xviii century sentimentalism
publisher Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade
series Filozofija i Društvo
issn 0353-5738
2334-8577
publishDate 2015-01-01
description Rationalism marked the first half of XVIII century German philosophy. Yet, in the second half of the century a new tendency - which based its orientation towards aesthetics on immediate feeling - emerged and ultimately paved the way to German romanticism. This paper aims to show the main features of Kant’s response to this new tendency. However, this response must be understood in terms of Kant’s transcendental philosophy and his tripartite division of irreducible faculties of the mind. I will argue that the development of Kant’s position was based on his account of the Feeling as a separate faculty of the mind, and the principle of purposiveness as an apriori principle for this faculty.
topic Kant
feeling
tactus
irreducible faculties of the mind
purposiveness
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