Abstract This article considers the reasons Kant rejects the possibility of a science of aesthetics throughout his career. It begins by surveying the background of Kant’s denial, focusing first on the introduction of aesthetics as a new science in the works of Alexander Baumgarten and Georg Friedrich Meier. After showing that there are numerous ambiguities in the way Baumgarten and Meier present their new science, the article considers Kant’s account of the differences between aesthetics and logic in the transcripts of his Lectures on Logic. Because Kant uses the differences between aesthetics and logic to explain why logic is and aesthetics is not a science, these discussions provide a great deal of insight into his conception of science as well as his views on aesthetics. Finally, the article addresses the reasons Kant continues to insist that aesthetics is not a science but “a mere critique of taste” after he announces his discovery of the a priori principles of aesthetic judgment.

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康德论美学和味觉批判

摘要本文考虑了康德在其整个职业生涯中拒绝美学学可能性的原因。首先从调查康德否认的背景开始，首先关注亚历山大·鲍姆加滕（Alexander Baumgarten）和格奥尔格·弗里德里希·迈耶（Georg Friedrich Meier）作品中美学作为一门新科学的引入。在证明鲍姆加滕和迈耶提出新科学的方式中存在许多歧义之后，本文考虑了康德在其《逻辑演讲》的抄本中对美学与逻辑之间差异的解释。由于康德用美学与逻辑之间的差异来解释逻辑为何如此而美学不是一门科学，因此这些讨论为他的科学概念以及他对美学的观点提供了很多见识。最后，