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Kant said that the schema of a concept is the representation of a general procedure of the imagination by which an image can be supplied for a concept. [23] Kant claimed that time is the only proper and appropriate transcendental schema because it shares the a priori category's generality and purity as well as any a posteriori phenomenon's ...
Since the 18th century, books using "critique" in their title became common. Also, when "reason" is added after an adjective which qualifies this reason, this is usually a reference to Kant's most famous book. A few examples: "Critique of the Kantian Philosophy" (1818), as an appendix of The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer;
The central concept of Kant's analysis of the judgment of beauty is what he called the ″free play″ between the cognitive powers of imagination and understanding. [2] We call an object beautiful, because its form fits our cognitive powers and enables such a ″free play″ (§22) the experience of which is pleasurable to us.
Immanuel Kant [a] (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western philosophy.
Pages in category "Books by Immanuel Kant" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Books about Immanuel Kant" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Gary Banham (2006) Kant's Transcendental Imagination (Palgrave Macmillan) Howard Caygill (1989) Art of Judgment (Blackwell) Howard Caygill (1995) A Kant Dictionary (Blackwell) Mary Gregor (1963) Laws of Freedom: A Study of Kant's Method of Applying the Categorical Imperative in the Metaphysik Der Sitten (Basil Blackwell) Palmquist, Stephen (1993).
Three philosophers for whom imagination is a central concept are Kendall Walton, John Sallis and Richard Kearney. See in particular: Kendall Walton, Mimesis as Make-Believe: On the Foundations of the Representational Arts. Harvard University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-674-57603-9 (pbk.). John Sallis, Force of Imagination: The Sense of the Elemental (2000)