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2 - Beauty Free

from Part I - Aesthetic Judgment and Beauty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2024

Robert R. Clewis
Robert R. Clewis
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Gwynedd Mercy University, Pennsylvania
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Chapter 2 describes Kant’s developing views of free beauty and of “form,” a term widely used throughout all phases of his aesthetics. If Kant is a formalist of some kind, which kind is he? The chapter argues that there are strong, moderate, and weak formalisms in Kant’s aesthetic theory, both early and late.

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KantHutchesonWolffformalismbeautyconceptsimaginationunderstandingfree play
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The Origins of Kant's Aesthetics , pp. 51 - 69
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Beauty Free
  • Robert R. Clewis, Gwynedd Mercy University, Pennsylvania
  • Book: The Origins of Kant's Aesthetics
  • Online publication: 10 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009209403.004
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  • Robert R. Clewis, Gwynedd Mercy University, Pennsylvania
  • Book: The Origins of Kant's Aesthetics
  • Online publication: 10 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009209403.004
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  • Beauty Free
  • Robert R. Clewis, Gwynedd Mercy University, Pennsylvania
  • Book: The Origins of Kant's Aesthetics
  • Online publication: 10 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009209403.004
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