Critique of Judgment

Methodology and Conclusions

In the «Critique of Judgment», Immanuel Kant employs a transcendental methodology to explore the nature of aesthetic and teleological judgment. He analyzes how subjective sensations of beauty and the sublime can hold universal significance despite their subjectivity. Kant also examines teleological judgments, which concern purposes and purposiveness in nature. The main conclusion is that the faculty of judgment plays a key role in connecting the world of nature and the world of freedom, ensuring harmony between sensory perception and rational thought. Kant asserts that aesthetic judgment is based on a feeling of pleasure that arises from contemplating the form of an object, while teleological judgment helps us understand nature as a system with inherent purposiveness.