@article{Kaag2015,
author = "John J. Kaag",
title = "{The Lot of the Beautiful: Pragmatism and Aesthetic Ideals}",
year = 2015,
journal = "British Journal for the History of Philosophy",
volume = 23,
number = "4",
pages = "779-801",
issn = "09608788",
abstract = "{This article focuses on the intimate relationship between German aesthetic theory, particularly the philosophies of Kant and Schiller, and the pragmatic tradition of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I argue that many aspects of Kantian aesthetic theory – his development of reflective judgement, genius, and common sense – are reflected in the thinking of C. S. Peirce. I conclude, however, that such a comparison risks selling short the way that German idealism influenced American thinkers and instead suggest that it is more fruitful to concentrate on ‘aesthetic experience’. I argue that attending to the aesthetic dimensions of experience might re-orient contemporary approaches to pragmatism that continue to focus on the way that pragmatism might intervene in debates in epistemology and philosophy of language.}",
keywords = "Aesthetics, Esthetics, Kant, Friedrich Schiller, Idealism",
language = "English",
note = "From the Commens Bibliography | \url{http://www.commens.org/bibliography/journal_article/kaag-john-j-2015-lot-beautiful-pragmatism-and-aesthetic-ideals}"
}
