Kant's Genius

MARTÍNEZ, LUCIANA

Congreso; Coloquio Multilateral Kant; 2018

Considering the published Kantian texts, the doctrine of genius is in keeping with judging the beauty of artifacts. In the Critique of Judgment, indeed, Kant explicitly indicates that a genius produces beauty art, but never science. The scientist isn't a genius, according to the critical Kant. Only the artist is a genius.But as soon as one considers the previously unpublished texts, one discovers another face of the doctrine of genius