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The concept of aesthetics has important roles in each of the three Kantian Critiques, however, in such roles it is necessary to recognize the equivocalities that surround this concept. Our proposal is to emphasize the equivocality present in the Critique of the Faculty of Judging, because here the aesthetic is thought more as a question of reference of representation than as a question of origin. In the KrV, considering the aesthetic and logical nature of a representation as a question of origin, each representation could be qualified either as logic or aesthetics, but in the KU, placed as a question of reference, this exclusive disjunction may, depending on the case, turn into an inclusive disjunction. Exploring the possible reasons for this change, we hope to better understand the transcendental nature of a necessarily aesthetic representation, namely, pleasure in the judgment of pure taste. .>The concept of aesthetics has important roles in each of the three Kantian Critiques, however, in such roles it is necessary to recognize the equivocalities that surround this concept. Our proposal is to emphasize the equivocality present in the Critique of the Faculty of Judging, because here the aesthetic is thought more as a question of reference of representation than as a question of origin. In the KrV, considering the aesthetic and logical nature of a representation as a question of origin, each representation could be qualified either as logic or aesthetics, but in the KU, placed as a question of reference, this exclusive disjunction may, depending on the case, turn into an inclusive disjunction. Exploring the possible reasons for this change, we hope to better understand the transcendental nature of a necessarily aesthetic representation, namely, pleasure in the judgment of pure taste. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, I analyze the mind faculties in Kant. I explore mainly the Lessons on Metaphysics and Lessons on Anthropology, comparing them to the three Critiques, trying to build a map of faculties and its development from the 70's to the 90's. The map will show the refined and complex relation between transcendental philosophy and pragmatic anthropology, which incorporate elements of the former empirical psychology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ultimate goal of this paper is to make it emerge the merit, pertinence and urgency of Kant's aesthetic theory, its beauty, to our art and our time. There will be, first, a presentation of the Kantian judgment of taste as narrowly connected with pleasure, disinterest, and contemplation, a description of Kant's posterity hostile attitude towards a conception of beauty linked with contemplative and disinterested pleasure, and an explanation of the close relation between the characterization of the judgment of taste as an aesthetic and universally valid a priori judgment and the entire Kantian project; then, there will be a dive into the meaning and sense of the contemplation, disinterestedness, and pleasure that are inherent to the aesthetic experience of beauty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]