Dr. Ellie Anderson, philosophy professor and co-host of Overthink podcast, discusses Immanuel Kant's influential theory of genius as discussed in his third critique, The Critique of Judgment. What makes a genius, and how is genius expressed in beautiful works of art? Textbook is Aesthetics: A Comprehensive Anthology reader, ed. Cahn and Meskin (Blackwell, 2008).
This video is part of a series introducing philosophers' views of art and aesthetics.
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