Kant is Cool

Kant writes: "If we judge objects merely according to concepts, then all representation of beauty is lost." (p. 106).

What (on earth) does he mean? Which other Kant-concept/idea could you connect this statement to? Give it your best shot in a not too long blog

We need to judge objects based on our own sensations in order to view them as beautiful. There is no representation of beauty if we know, hear, or learn about something's beauty. People need to be able to sense the object as it is in order to be satisfied. Kant writes that "all private sensation can only decide for the observer himself and his satisfaction" (pg 106). Kant believes that beauty is determined on the individual level, and concepts do not justly represent beauty.

Kant says that "everything which pleases without a concept would be counted as pleasant" (pg 105). I think that this concept closely resembles what Kant was getting at in the prompt. If someone can find pleasure in something without the influence of concept, then the object of pleasure is in fact pleasing and not falsely represented. Kant also uses a rose example in which he decides through his judgment of taste that a rose is beautiful. This is purely an aesthetical judgment in which he can describe beauty. This is considered "singular judgment". However if becomes a comparison of multiple singular judgments, such as "roses in general are beautiful", then it is no longer only aesthetical, but logical. It becomes conceptual and loses its representation of beauty.