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purposiveness without purpose: a standalone construct

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Aesthetics

the idea that a beautiful object seems designed for our faculties without serving any definite purpose.

In aesthetics, purposiveness without purpose refers to the idea that a beautiful object seems designed for our faculties without serving any definite purpose. This meaning comes from Kant (1790/1987) in Critique of judgment.[1]

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  1. Kant, I. (1987). Critique of judgment (W. S. Pluhar, Trans.). Hackett. (Original work published 1790) ISBN 9780872200258

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