Common Sense, Nature of the Mind and Humanism: A Study on Kant's Aesthetic Taste

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 120-127.

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Common Sense, Nature of the Mind and Humanism: A Study on Kant's Aesthetic Taste

Lv Liqun

the Research and Education Center for Human Character, Taiyuan University of Technology (Taiyuan 030024, China)

Online:2016-05-25 Published:2017-09-29
About author:Lv Liqun, Ph.D, is a lecturer at the Research and Education Center for Human Character, Taiyuan University of Technology (Taiyuan 030024, China), with research interests in aesthetics and literature.

Abstract

Abstract: Kant's aesthetic taste as he had expounded in his Critique of Judgment is not only the foundation for further research on aesthetics but also an important methodological significance. A detailed examination of such concepts as common sense, communicability and disinterestedness reveals the essential characteristics of aesthetic taste and its wide application range in the human domain. In the context of the crisis in the contemporary world, re-examination of the aesthetic taste may provide us a new perspective on the world and human affairs.

Key words:

aesthetic taste, community, common sense, nature of the mind, humanism

Lv Liqun. Common Sense, Nature of the Mind and Humanism: A Study on Kant's Aesthetic Taste[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2016, 36(3): 120-127.

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