Two Conceptions of Infinity in Kant's mathematical Sublime

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Oroño, Matías Hernán
Año de publicación
2024
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inglés
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The Kantian theory of the mathematical sublime can be studied from the point of view of theconcept of the infinite, which admits a double perspective. On the one hand, we have thenotion of sensible infinity (which must be understood as the capacity to always add a newunit to a previously given sensible magnitude). On the other hand, we find the infinite assomething absolutely given. This latter conception of the infinite demands that we situateourselves on the suprasensible realm. I argue that in the Kantian theory of the sublime bothnotions of the infinite coexist, for it is a kind of aesthetic judgment that takes as its point ofdeparture the estimation of objects which, because of their large size, suggest the idea ofsensible infinity. And in turn, the latter rests on the infinite as something absolutely given,which can only be explained if we understand the absolutely infinite as a suprasensiblemagnitude.
Fil: Oroño, Matías Hernán. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Filosofía "Dr. Alejandro Korn"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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title Two Conceptions of Infinity in Kant's mathematical Sublime
spellingShingle Two Conceptions of Infinity in Kant's mathematical Sublime
Oroño, Matías Hernán
KANT
SUBLIME
INFINITY
MAGNITUDE
title_short Two Conceptions of Infinity in Kant's mathematical Sublime
title_full Two Conceptions of Infinity in Kant's mathematical Sublime
title_fullStr Two Conceptions of Infinity in Kant's mathematical Sublime
title_full_unstemmed Two Conceptions of Infinity in Kant's mathematical Sublime
title_sort Two Conceptions of Infinity in Kant's mathematical Sublime
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Oroño, Matías Hernán
author Oroño, Matías Hernán
author_facet Oroño, Matías Hernán
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv KANT
SUBLIME
INFINITY
MAGNITUDE
topic KANT
SUBLIME
INFINITY
MAGNITUDE
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The Kantian theory of the mathematical sublime can be studied from the point of view of theconcept of the infinite, which admits a double perspective. On the one hand, we have thenotion of sensible infinity (which must be understood as the capacity to always add a newunit to a previously given sensible magnitude). On the other hand, we find the infinite assomething absolutely given. This latter conception of the infinite demands that we situateourselves on the suprasensible realm. I argue that in the Kantian theory of the sublime bothnotions of the infinite coexist, for it is a kind of aesthetic judgment that takes as its point ofdeparture the estimation of objects which, because of their large size, suggest the idea ofsensible infinity. And in turn, the latter rests on the infinite as something absolutely given,which can only be explained if we understand the absolutely infinite as a suprasensiblemagnitude.
Fil: Oroño, Matías Hernán. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Filosofía "Dr. Alejandro Korn"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description The Kantian theory of the mathematical sublime can be studied from the point of view of theconcept of the infinite, which admits a double perspective. On the one hand, we have thenotion of sensible infinity (which must be understood as the capacity to always add a newunit to a previously given sensible magnitude). On the other hand, we find the infinite assomething absolutely given. This latter conception of the infinite demands that we situateourselves on the suprasensible realm. I argue that in the Kantian theory of the sublime bothnotions of the infinite coexist, for it is a kind of aesthetic judgment that takes as its point ofdeparture the estimation of objects which, because of their large size, suggest the idea ofsensible infinity. And in turn, the latter rests on the infinite as something absolutely given,which can only be explained if we understand the absolutely infinite as a suprasensiblemagnitude.
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