Kant’s judgements of taste focuses on outlining the difference between delight and beauty. Delight is the way which we connect with the representation of the real existence of the object (cp 58). Judging an object based on interest will never permit a universal understanding of beauty. One must focus on if the mere representation of the object and disregard any sort of interest to remain objective. As Kant mentions, this task becomes particularly difficult the individual judging the object is dependent on it of has no use for it, as the person’s interactions with the object …show more content…
Sensation can refer to the objects ability to give pleasure to the senses. However, this sort of definition cannot offer an objective definition of beauty for this would-be agreeableness in the sensation of one’s state (cp 58). Defining sensation as something that modifies the feeling of pleasure or displeasure allows for an objective evaluation. Kant emphasises the difference between sensation and feeling (that which must always remain purely subjective, and is absolutely incapable of forming a representation of an object) because both delight and feeling are subjective products of objective sensation (cp 60). In summary delight and pleasure are private judgements and is restricted to one’s