Autore
Eisinger Guimarães, Rômulo

Titolo
On the «Cipher by Means of Which Nature Figuratively Speaks to Us in Its [Ugly] Forms». Notes on a Supposed Systemic Failure Involving Negative Aesthetic Judgments of Taste in Kant
Periodico
Estetica
Anno: 2024 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 589 - Pagina finale: 608

Kant’s "Critique of Judgment" presents nature’s beauty as a cipher, suggesting order and conformity to ends. Aesthetic judgment, as a judgment of conformity to ends, is integral to Kant’s system, reflecting the harmony between our rational share and the sensible world, explaining our pleasure in beauty. However, aesthetic displeasure poses a challenge. If beauty indicates a systematically organized nature, what do their ugly or non-beautiful forms mirror? This paper dwells on the systematic function of negative aesthetic judgments, exploring their implications for Kant’s conception of nature as a system and whether these judgments disrupt or reinforce it.



SICI: 2039-6635(2024)3<589:OT«BMO>2.0.ZU;2-
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