Kantian Aesthetics

This lecture series introduces the core ideas of Kant’s aesthetics (the first half of the third Critique). Topics explored will include beauty, sublimity, the relationship between art and knowledge, and the relationship between art and morality. Emphasis will also be placed on understanding why the third Critique has served as a source of inspiration to contemporary Kantian philosophers and theorists (Piper, Ngai), as well as to the Romantics and post-Kantian German Idealists (Coleridge, Fichte).

Friday 29 April 2022 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Friday 6 May 2022 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Friday 13 May 2022 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Friday 20 May 2022 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

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