Kant's Conception of Genius As part of his Critique of the Aesthetic Judgement, Kant sets out to explain what constitutes a fine work of art, and in doing so he asserts that "fine arts must necessarily be regarded as arts of genius." (page 168, 'The Critique of Judgement', Immanuel Kant). He then goes on to justify this, and to explain what genius consists of, and how a work of genius is arrived at. Kant begins by stating that for the representation of any work of art to be possible, it must have certain rules at its foundation. However, with fine art, the beauty of the object is judged independently of any concept, and therefore a work of fine art cannot have been derived from any rule which had a concept as its basis. From this it follows that "fine art is only possible as a product of genius", where "genius is a talent for producing that for which no definite rule can be given." (page 168). It follows from this notion of genius that as no definite rule can be given, the author will not be able to explain how the ideas that created the fine work of art came to them. Kant now goes on to make an important distinction between the work of a genius and the work of what he terms "a man of brains." (page 169). As rules cannot be laid down to enable others to create works of genius, the work of genius differs crucially from the work of a scientist. We may refer to Newton as "a man of brains...[but] all that Newton has set forth in his immortal work on the Principles of Natural Philosophy may well be learned...but we cannot learn to write in a true poetic vein." (page 170). Scientists can explain the steps that they followed and methods that they used to reach their discovery, but no f... ... middle of paper ... ...ntists as geniuses. We even use the term 'intellectual genius' in doing so, a phrase that on Kant's account would be seen as contradictory. To give a recent example, the work of Stephen Hawking is described as that of a genius. In conclusion, while Kant's conception of genius is very well structured and argued, and while I do fully accept his explanation of the faculties of the mind that constitute genius, and his distinction between the genius of the artist and the method of the scientist, I find many of his other suggestions either unconvincing, or based on dubious grounds. Bibliography: BIBLIOGRAPHY Kant, I. The Critique of Judgement (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1991) -All page numbers of quotations used in this essay refer to this edition of 'The Critique of Judgement'.
In John Maeda's article "On Meaningful Observation", Maeda effectively supports his claim that art and science should coincide for the purpose of innovation by using autobiographical authentication, personal experiences, and constructive, pathos-derived proposals in order to explain art's emotional necessity in science.
... of artists. The quality of the workmanship is evident not only did these artists possess an acute sense of beauty, they had a highly evolved sense of design which cannot be denied.
He explains how he observed different types of blue- collar and service workers in action and that concludes that each of them has a skill that takes a lot of mind power to master. “To gain a sense of how knowledge and skill develop, I observed experts as well as novices… I tried to fashion what I called ‘cognitive biographies’ of blue-collar workers” (Rose, 278). For example, verbal and math skills are valued. As a blue-collar worker, when carpenter builds a cabinet he uses those skills for measuring but these skills are not recognized. " “To acknowledge a broader range of intellectual capacity is to take seriously the concept of cognitive variability to appreciate in all the Rosies and Joes the thought that drives their accomplishments and defines who they are. This is a model of the mind that is worthy of
world and this value of form and thought can be seen throughout many of the works of art.
...ight in blending together a proper knowledge of both the Sciences and Arts. I’ve always believed a proper knowledge in all fields of human endeavors is essential to finding truth and through knowledge of both fields one can create a life of beauty.
Humans are always reluctant to figure out new information and for this we have had centuries of incredible thinkers, artists, and musicians come about. Some have come across new findings by accident and others have worked their entire lives to figure out something to be remembered by. What makes human beings so distinguishable from other species is we have the ability to think and feel and with this we can act in a way that makes us a superior species. With this kind of view on the world we as humans are subjective to our surroundings and build a system of belief through our experiences. While human beings are all destined to be great at birth, the desire to know who we are, why we behave the way we do, what our nature is, and explaining the
When two great professional like professor Bryan Magee and contemporary philosopher Geoffrey Warnock sit down to discuss and try to understand one those most complexes philosopher turn very hard for us understand the conception of the facts describe in that video. I was very interesting in Immanuel Kant life the way he was a brilliant orator, for more the 30 years university professor, and the first university philosopher. Kant had the capacity in write to in very single mind, even his friend considered him the most difficult writer. He had never married and considered that fact very important to his concentration and complexed studies. I agree that Kant had his view that activities and powers within the mind are the key to knowledge, and that all knowledge is appearance. Same he said “knowledge is a complex affair, in which knowing is acquired not just through the senses, but through pure concepts of understanding indigenous to the mind”. There are different views about how we gain knowledge of the world, through our senses or through our minds, and although many say that it is one ...
...t talent is, what influences it and how to grow it, in a different ways. Beside that, there is one point that i agree with Coyle that talent is not born but it is grown. His first chapter shown that deep practice can create talents. According to Gagné (2002), a Professor of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, who made a differentiated model of giftedness and talent, argue that talent is an ability/skill that has been developed exceptionally well, whereas giftedness is a superior natural ability a to perform at a level significantly beyond what might be expected from one's age-peers in any area of human ability. In my opinion, every person might be born gifted, but if these gift is not appropriately trained, it will not develop into fully-formed talents. From this perspective, a talent implies a gift, but a gift does not automatically imply a talent.
One must wonder as to how the field of art is of interest in the field of psychology. Two features of art link it with psychological factors : First, art forms are found in each and every culture. There is no culture in which some or the other art form is not manifested. The second feature is that it provides people with pleasure and emotions of an intense kind, often. This pleasure is found by both, the person who has performed the art and also the one who has experienced the result of the art or observed the art. Hence, art is a topic of intense curiosity for psychologists.
version of the ‘life of a mind at work, and the story of a long and
Through what we have studied of the artist, we know that he sees various things in his
...enius. She compare the narrator to a professor at MIT, John Nash, who had schizophrenia but was able to develop one of the greatest theories that common day economic relies so heavily on. She shows that maybe the narrator is similar in that way that he is almost a genius in pulling off the crime that he had committed.
There is a magnitude of research put behind trying to find the link between creativity and...
regarded by many as the core of any act of beauty and reason. Different types of art have provoked many in life to pursue their goals and