critique of judgment 1790 also known as the critique of the power of judgment is Emanuel kant's philosophical exploration of Aesthetics and teleology the book serves as a bridge between his earlier works the critique of pure reason and the critique of practical Reason by addressing issues related to both the understanding the domain of theoretical reason and the will the realm of practical reason the work is divided into two main parts the critique of a athetic judgment and the critique of teleological judgment in the critique of aesthetic judgment Kant investigates the experience of the beautiful and the sublime proposing that these feelings are subjective but share a common structure that allows for a kind of universality and disinterestedness aesthetic judgments for Kant are those that are made without a direct interest in the existence of the object but rather in the pleasure that the object prompts in The Observer the beautiful according to Kant is that which is appreciated for its form an appreciation that involves a Harmony of cognitive faculties imagination and understanding when viewing a beautiful object these faculties are stimulated in such a way that the viewer experiences pleasure Kant emphasizes that the Judgment of beauty is not based on Concepts or the object's utility but it nevertheless entails a claim to Universal agreement this means that while no other person is obliged to agree that something is beautiful one who claims something as beautiful operates on the belief that others should have the same reaction in judging something as Sublime The Observer feels a mix of Pleasure and Pain pleasure from the recognition of the mind's superiority over the limitations that nature imposes and pain from the overwhelming scale or power of the object which makes one aware of the mind's physical limitations the sublime then arises from a tension between the senses and the faculty of Reason although nature May dwarf our sensory capabilities it is our reason that enables us to appreciate the magnitude of what we cannot fully comprehend or represent the second part of kant's book critique of tiic judgment examines the use of tileology in understanding natural systems tileology involves explaining phenomena by the purpose or end they serve rather than by their cause Kant criti seeks the use of tileology to explain nature but does not dismiss it entirely instead he explores its role as a regulative principle that guides investigation Kant distinguishes between the mechanical causal laws of nature and a theological perspective that views organisms as if they have intrinsic purposes while recognizing the success of Newtonian physics in explaining phenomena without relying onology he argues that the complex interrelations in biological organisms suggest a theological perspective parts of an organism seem to exist for the sake of the whole in a way that is not sufficiently explained by mechanical causality alone Kant posits that while we can never fully know whether nature is inherently teologicas if it is in order to make sense of biological phenomena this approach allows for a provisional usage of teologico to a metaphysical View that nature indeed has a purpose given by a designer thus theological judgment is a way of thinking that helps to organize our study of nature especially in regard to living organisms where parts and holes are mutually dependent to count human beings are unique in nature because they possess the capacity for rationality and are thus able to set ends for themselves tileology is taken to its highest form in the moral sphere where rational agents act according to the purposes as they set themselves governed by the moral law throughout both parts Kant is concerned with the boundary conditions of human knowledge what can be known and judged about beauty and purpose within the limits of our cognitive faculties he stresses the importance of understanding how judgments of taste and purposiveness are formulated Within These boundaries in essence K critique of judgment addresses the ways in which we find order meaning and value in the world both through our aesthetic experiences and through our investigation of nature he offers an intricate analysis of how we engage with the world both in appreciation of its beauty and in our quest to understand its complex workings his work thus sets the stage for later developments in Aesthetics philosophy of biology and ethics remaining influential in discussions of how we determine the value of Art and nature and how we might justify the idea that nature has an order that is intell eligible to the human mind