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#kant
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What’s the difference between Kant’s “mathematical” and “dynamical” sublime?
I'm on a gap year and reading whatever I can. Last month I stood at the crater rim at Bromo before sunrise with the volcano smoking below and the sand sea all around, and I felt something I don't have a word…
Started by Fajar Nugroho4 replies248 views -
Kant says taste is subjective but everyone ought to agree with it. How is that not a contradiction?
I drive the 413 across Ankara and listen to lectures between stops. Yesterday the lecturer explained Kant's view of beauty and I nearly missed a stop. As far as I understood: when I call something beautiful, I am not reporting a property…
Started by Serkan Aydoğdu4 replies158 views -
What does Kant mean when he says laughter is an expectation turning into nothing?
I am a retired teacher reading the Critique of the Power of Judgment slowly, with a pencil, and I have reached the remark after section 54, where Kant suddenly starts telling jokes. I did not expect this from him. His formula, in…
Started by Henrike Vogel6 replies232 views -
Was Kant an idealist in the same sense as Berkeley?
I'm an accountant who reads medieval philosophy for pleasure, so the eighteenth century is a foreign country to me. A friend in my book club said, rather confidently, that Kant is "just Berkeley with extra steps": both say the world is in…
Started by Siobhán Keane4 replies146 views