Irreducibility of the Faculty of Feeling: The Sensation of Pleasure and Displeasure in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant
Author(s) Igor Cvejić Publisher Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade Published 2018 ISBN 978-86-80484-26-6 Pages 346 Edition Prudentia
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.