The beauty of nature in a teleological perspective

Authors

  • Silvia del LUJÁN DI SANZA Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36311/2318-0501/2024.v12n1.p97

Keywords:

Kant, beauty, nature, aesthetic reflective judgments, teleological reflective judgments

Abstract

 In this work we will focus on the relationship between aesthetic reflection and teleological reflection based on Kant’s concern for the inclusion of beauty in the idea of nature as a system of ends, as expressed in §67: “Even beauty in nature, i.e., its agreement with the free play of our cognitive faculties in the apprehension and judging of its appearance, can be considered in this way as an objective purposiveness of nature in its entirety.” Admitting such a possibility requires addressing at least two issues: The possibility of a teleological approach to aesthetic judgments. This will lead us to determine to what extent the aesthetic
judgment of natural objects can also be considered from the teleological faculty of judgment. Here we will show aesthetic reflection
as a propaedeutic for teleological reflection; 2. Beauty in the external relationship between the beings of nature. We will address the location of beauty in the total set of nature as a teleological system in which the human being is a member. We will put beauty in reference to the idea of interest, the ultimate end and the final end of nature

Author Biography

  • Silvia del LUJÁN DI SANZA, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)

    Silvia del Luján Di Sanza, PhD in philosophy, associate professor of Modern Philosophy with exclusive dedication and
    researcher at the Laboratory of Research in Human Sciences, UNSAM-CONICET Unit, at
    the National University of San Martín. She is the author of the book “Arte y Naturaleza. The concept of Technique of Nature in Kant’s Kritik der Urteilskraft” (2010); she has edited together with Diana López the book “The Flight of the Owl Studies on the Philosophy of Idealism” (2012). She is the author of articles published in books and specialized journals, including “Nature is more than a machine: from organized being to nature as a system of ends” in Estudos Kantianos (2017); “Analítica de lo Bello. Being ‘without interest’ and universal validity ‘without concept’ (KU, §§1-9),” in: Le radici del senso. Un commentario sistematico della Critica del Giudizio; “Kant’s moral theology: neither atheism nor vindication of the cause of God”, (2024) in edition, among others. She directs research projects on Modern Philosophy and in particular on Kant’s philosophy. She is a former scholar and currently President of the Buenos Aires Council of the Stipendienwerk Lateinamerika Deutschland. She is a member of the Sociedad de Estudios Kantianos en Lengua Española.

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Published

2024-07-15

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2024)

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The beauty of nature in a teleological perspective. (2024). Kantian Studies (EK), 12(1), 97. https://doi.org/10.36311/2318-0501/2024.v12n1.p97