THE BEAUTY OF NATURE IN A TELEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

In this work we will focus on the relationship between aesthetic reflection and teleological reflection based on Kant's concern for the inclusion of beauty in the idea of nature as a system of ends, as expressed in 67: "Even beauty in nature, i.e., its agreement with the free play of our cognitive faculties in the apprehension and judging of its appearance, can be considered in this way as an objective purposiveness of nature in its entirety." Admitting such a possibility requires addressing at least two issues: 1. The possibility of a teleological approach to aesthetic judgments. This will lead us to determine to what extent the aesthetic judgment of natural objects can also be considered from the teleological faculty of judgment. Here we will show aesthetic reflection as a propaedeutic for teleological reflection; 2. Beauty in the external relationship between the beings of nature. We will address the location of beauty in the total set of nature as a teleological system in which the human being is a member. We will put beauty in reference to the idea of interest, the ultimate end and the final end of nature.