Kant's Critical Imagination: The Logic of Schematism
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Kant's Critical Imagination: The Logic of Schematism
By (Author) Dr Cody Staton
Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh University Press
9th April 2026
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Philosophy: aesthetics
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
This book examines the turning point in modern philosophy in which Kant overcomes previous philosophical systems through his theory of imagination.
Cody Staton claims that Kant's decision to describe the imagination as mediating between the self and the world created an irrevocable philosophical standpoint. For Kant, since the imagination assists all the powers of the mind, it plays a critical role in the function of all philosophy. This applies to our ideas of God, the soul, the beauty that we experience in nature, the creation and enjoyment of art, and the very idea of life itself.
Author Bio
Cody Staton is Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the University System of Georgia. He is the translator and editor of two forthcoming titles with Takeshi Morisato, The Early Work of Tannabe Hajime (1910-1919), (Rowman & Littlefield) and Kant's Theory of Teleology According to Tanabe Hajime (Chisokud Publications). He serves as an editor of the leading journal in romantic philosophy, Symphilosophie: International Journal of Philosophical Romanticism.
