Taste is ordinarily thought of in terms of two very different
idioms - a normative idiom of taste as a standard of appraisal and
a non-normative idiom of taste as a purely personal matter. Kant
attempts to capture this twofold conception of taste within the
terms of his mature critical philosophy by distinguishing between
the beautiful and the agreeable. Scholars have largely taken Kant's
distinction for granted, but David Berger argues that it is both
far richer and far more problematic than it may appear. Berger
examines in detail Kant's various attempts to distinguish beauty
from agreeableness. This approach reveals the complex interplay
between Kant's substantive aesthetic theory and his broader views
on metaphysics and epistemology. Indeed, Berger argues that the
real interest of Kant's distinction between beauty and
agreeableness is ultimately epistemological. His interpretation
brings Kant's aesthetic theory into dialogue with questions at the
heart of contemporary analytic philosophy and shows how
philosophical aesthetics can offer fresh insights into contemporary
philosophical debates.
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