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Kant and Recent Philosophies of Art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2021

João Lemos
João Lemos*
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Nova University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Email: joaolemos@fcsh.unl.pt
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Abstract

This article is to be a bridge between Kant’s aesthetics and contemporary art – not by being a paper on Kant and contemporary art, but rather by being on Kant and contemporary philosophy of art. I claim that Kant’s views on the appreciation of art can accommodate contextualism as well as ethicism. I argue that not only does contextualism fit Kant’s views on the appreciation of art; in §§51–3 of the third Critique, Kant’s appreciation of art is in accordance with contextualism. I go on to argue that not only does ethicism fit Kant’s views on the appreciation of art; in §§51–3, Kant’s appreciation of art is in accordance with ethicism.

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KantaestheticsWaltoncontextualismGautethicism

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Kantian Review , Volume 26 , Special Issue 4: Special Issue on Kant and Contemporary Art , December 2021 , pp. 567 - 582
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Kantian Review

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