Nov 30, 2005

Immanuel Kant

Kant defines beauty as "the form of purposiveness in so far as it is perceived apart from the presentation of a purpose." The unity of aesthetic experience is due to the interplay of the faculties of perception and imagination with the faculty of understanding. An aesthetic judgement also claims that the beautiful object is connected with a pleasurable feeling, and that it pleases universally. This universality is merely a subjective foundation in our cognitive faculties, similar to teleological explanations.

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Nov 18, 2005

Imagination Unlimited

"The true sign of Intelligence is not Knowledge but Imagination."
Albert Einstein

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