Karl Philipp Moritz’s Notion of ‘Ideal Purposiveness’ and Kant’s Critique of ‘Objective Inner Purposiveness’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24216483 |
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| Authors | Ekin Erkan (0000-0001-7888-4449, University of Cincinnati) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2026-09-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Kantian Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-4154 • E-ISSN: 2044-2394 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1369415426101538 |
| OpenAlex | W7214931569 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
In this paper, I evaluate the claim that Karl Philipp Moritz’s conception of inner, or ‘ideal’, purposiveness anticipates Kant’s notion of subjective purposiveness. I analyse Moritz’s considered position of artistic beauty qua ideal and internal purposiveness, drawing from his mature publications on aesthetics. I demonstrate that while Kant’s notion of subjective purposiveness is meaningfully different from Moritz’s ideal/inner purposiveness, and that Kant ultimately rejects Moritz’s conception, he also takes Moritz’s conception of purposiveness to meaningfully approach the correct account of beauty, showing why this is.
Aesthetics · artistic beauty · German idealism · Immanuel Kant · Karl Philipp Moritz · purposiveness · Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art · German Literature and Culture Studies · Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations
| Highly cited | No |
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