Kantian aesthetics : the problem of personal commitment, distinction, particularity, and comparison

• Main Author: Han, Li Qian
• Other Authors: Dimitris Apostolopoulos
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::Philosophy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/156155
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Kant offers a paradoxical stance about aesthetics; judgements of the beautiful are subjective yet retains universal validity. Despite the plausibility of Kant’s account, this paper showcases four limitations and argues that we are unable to refute them. First, the problem of personal commitment sugg...