Kant on Pleasure and Judgment

‘Alexander Rueger offers an innovative and thoroughgoing study of pleasure and judgment (and much more) in Kant’s third Critique. The informative earlier parts of the book lay the ground for original discussions of morality, symbolism, genius, and art. In addition, his analysis unfolds with admirable attention to the development and sources of Kant’s thought.’ Robert Clewis, Gwynedd Mercy University‘… offers abundant important insights on the role of the productive imagination in aesthetic judgment and the theoretical use of the understanding that will surely reward Kant scholars of both the theoretical and practical stripe. Given the breadth of Rueger’s historical research, sections of the book will also well serve early modernists and those interested in eighteenth-century aesthetics … the book’s findings extend well beyond the bounds of this area of specialization.’ Ekin Erkan, The Review of Metaphysics

Alexander Rueger is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Alberta. He has published widely in the history and philosophy of science and on Kant’s aesthetics.