This essay aims to show how the transcendental aesthetic principle sought by Kant reveals itself not only as the principle of determination of aesthetic experience, both artistic and non-artistic, but also as a necessary principle for making sense of human experience in general. I begin by addressing some fundamental misunderstandings that still plague the study of Kantian disinterestedness, as well as by questioning its psychological redescription. Rejecting the thesis according to which works of art ought not to be considered examples of "free beauty" but only of "dependent beauty," the essay reconsiders the meaning to be attributed to "nature" as the "supersensible substratum" of our faculties. What emerges from my analysis here is a vision of Kant's transcendental as essentially in the making, at once both “natural” and “to be acquired.” And yet, notwithstanding our moral responsibility to try to make sense of experience, we cannot pursue this end by merely by clinging to what we can directly control.
Making sense: disinterestedness and control / Velotti, Stefano. - (2023), pp. 105-130. [10.1515/9783110727685].
Making sense: disinterestedness and control
Stefano Velotti
2023
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This essay aims to show how the transcendental aesthetic principle sought by Kant reveals itself not only as the principle of determination of aesthetic experience, both artistic and non-artistic, but also as a necessary principle for making sense of human experience in general. I begin by addressing some fundamental misunderstandings that still plague the study of Kantian disinterestedness, as well as by questioning its psychological redescription. Rejecting the thesis according to which works of art ought not to be considered examples of "free beauty" but only of "dependent beauty," the essay reconsiders the meaning to be attributed to "nature" as the "supersensible substratum" of our faculties. What emerges from my analysis here is a vision of Kant's transcendental as essentially in the making, at once both “natural” and “to be acquired.” And yet, notwithstanding our moral responsibility to try to make sense of experience, we cannot pursue this end by merely by clinging to what we can directly control.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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