Irreducibility of he Faculty of Feeling: Feeling of Pleasure and Displeasure in Imanuel Kant's Philosophy

Igor Cvejić

In Irreducibility of the Faculty of Feeling: The Feeling of Pleasure and Displeasure in Immanuel Kant’s Philosophy Igor Cvejić presents an original phenomenological account of feelings in Kant’s philosophy as sui generis mental states. Through a polemic with contemporary interpretations, the author reconsiders the shortcomings of the causal model (defended by Paul Guyer) and the higher order consciousness model (HOC, defended by Rachel Zuckert). Instead, Cvejić argues for an understanding of feelings as an exercise of subjective causal power of representation. Thereby, a subjective causality of representation should be understood as the way we become conscious and appropriate intentionality as a specific form of intentionality. The thesis is elaborated through an analysis of three different types of feelings in Kant’s philosophy: sensuous gratification and pain, intellectual pleasure, and feeling in mere reflection.

Irreducibility of the Faculty of Feeling: The Sensation of Pleasure and Displeasure in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

Igor Cvejić

Publisher
Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory
University of Belgrade

Book Series
Prudentia

346 pages

Year of publication: 2018

ISBN 978-86-80484-26-6