Kant: Critique of the Power of Judgment (Week 1 – First Introduction)


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We continue with Kant's Critiques, now onto the third which examines the beautiful, sublime, and teleology as occasions where our senses are originally related to our understanding (judgment of taste), as well as how the understanding originally relates to reason (teleological judgment).
We'll be covering the First Introduction (pages 3–51 in the Cambridge edition) at this meetup.
Note: Meetings focus on developing a common language and fostering friendship through the study of Kant. The host will provide an interpretation of Kant; other interpretations will not be discussed until later in the meeting. Additional interpretations, topics, and questions can be addressed through the Jitsi chat feature.
No prior knowledge of Kant is necessary!
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Reading Schedule
(Note - page numbers are from Cambridge edition)
Week 1:
First Introduction (3 - 51, 48 pages)
(NOTE: this is not an editor or translator introduction, it is by Kant. It is sometimes at the end of the book, such as in the Hackett edition)
Week 2:
Preface and Introduction (55 - 83, 28 pages)
Week 3:
Book I - Analytic of the Beautiful (§1 - 23) (89 - 127, 38 pages)
Week 4:
Book II - Analytic of the Sublime (§23 - 30) (128 - 159, 31 pages)
Week 5:
§30 - 43 (160 - 182, 22 pages)
Week 6:
§43 - 55 (182 - 212, 30 pages)
Week 7:
The Dialectic of the Aesthetic Power of Judgment (§55 - 61) (213 - 230, 17 pages)
Week 8:
Analytic of the Teleological Power of Judgment (§61 - 69) (233 - 255, 22 pages)
Week 9:
Dialectic of the Teleological Power of Judgment (§69 - 79) (257 - 284, 27 pages)
Week 10:
Appendix §79 - 87 (285 - 313, 28 pages)
Week 11:
Appendix §87 - END (313 - 346, 33 pages)

Every week on Wednesday until June 27, 2026
Kant: Critique of the Power of Judgment (Week 1 – First Introduction)