Critique of Judgment

Historical Context and Significance

Immanuel Kant's «Critique of Judgment» is the third of his critical works and completes the trilogy begun with the «Critique of Pure Reason» and the «Critique of Practical Reason». In this book, Kant explores aesthetic and teleological judgment, uniting them into a single system. The work had a significant impact on the development of aesthetics and the philosophy of art, as well as on the understanding of the nature of judgment and its role in human cognition. Kant introduces the concept of 'taste' as the ability for aesthetic judgment and considers beauty as a symbol of moral goodness. The book also influenced subsequent philosophical movements such as German Idealism and Romanticism and remains an important text for the study of philosophy and aesthetics.