In the third Critique, Kant collapses his deduction of the universal validity of judgements of sublimity into his exposition of such judgements, a decision called into question by commentators. I defend Kant on this score, explaining how the exposition of judgements of sublimity serves as their deduction. Kant’s key move is his claim that natural objects are not, strictly speaking, sublime. I argue that ideas of reason, on Kant’s view, are the only truly sublime objects and show how this allows him to establish that the imaginations of all observers operate in the same way in experiences of sublimity.

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康德的崇高演绎

在第三批判，康德将他对崇高判断的普遍有效性的推论瓦解到他对这种判断的阐述中，这一决定受到评论家的质疑。我在这一点上为康德辩护，解释了对崇高判断的阐述如何作为它们的演绎。康德的关键举措是他声称自然对象严格来说不是崇高的。我认为，在康德看来，理性观念是唯一真正崇高的对象，并表明这如何使他能够确定所有观察者的想象在崇高体验中都以相同的方式运作。