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    Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten — Carmelics
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    Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten

    modernRationalism, Wolffian Philosophy

    1714 – 1762

    Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714–1762) was a German philosopher who coined the term 'aesthetics' and established it as a distinct philosophical discipline. A student of Christian Wolff, he argued that sensory cognition possesses its own form of perfection and logic, laying the groundwork for modern philosophy of art and beauty.

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    Notable Achievements

    1

    Coined the term 'aesthetics' and founded it as a philosophical discipline

    2

    Published Aesthetica (1750–1758), the first systematic treatise on the philosophy of sensory cognition

    3

    Developed the concept of 'sensitive cognition' as a legitimate form of knowledge parallel to logical reasoning

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    Extended Wolffian rationalism into the domain of art and beauty

    5

    Influenced Kant's development of aesthetic theory in the Critique of Judgment

    Positions & Arguments(3)

    Perception

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    Allison's premise (6) is too weak to be a plausible reconstruction of Kant's non-spatiality thesis

    Modality & Possibility

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    Allison's premise (6) is too weak to be a plausible reconstruction of Kant's non-spatiality thesis

    Natural Theology

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    We can rationally believe both ourselves and God to be mental in nature from a practical point of view.

    Truth & Knowledge

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    We can rationally believe both ourselves and God to be mental in nature from a practical point of view.

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    Shakespeare was doing fundamentally the same thing as Sophocles despite producing superficially different drama.

    Aesthetics

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    Shakespeare was doing fundamentally the same thing as Sophocles despite producing superficially different drama.

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    Rationalism, Wolffian Philosophy

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    Truth & Knowledge2
    Modality & Possibility1
    Perception1
    Natural Theology1
    Aesthetics1

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