Rachel Zuckert is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University, Illinois. She is author of the prizewinning Kant on Beauty and Biology (Cambridge, 2007) and co-editor of Hegel on Philosophy in History (Cambridge, 2017).

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• Introduction; Part I. Herder's Aesthetics: 1. Herder's philosophical naturalism; 2. Synthesis and critique of eighteenth-century aesthetics; 3. Aesthetics of the senses; 4. Aesthetics of expression: coda cultural variation and taste; Part II. Explorations: 5. The problem of the sublime; 6. Sculpture and touch; 7. Aesthetics and (in)authenticity: Herder's reputation of Ossian; Conclusion.

Rachel Zuckert is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University, Illinois. She is author of the prizewinning Kant on Beauty and Biology (Cambridge, 2007) and co-editor of Hegel on Philosophy in History (Cambridge, 2017).

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• Introduction; Part I. Herder's Aesthetics: 1. Herder's philosophical naturalism; 2. Synthesis and critique of eighteenth-century aesthetics; 3. Aesthetics of the senses; 4. Aesthetics of expression: coda cultural variation and taste; Part II. Explorations: 5. The problem of the sublime; 6. Sculpture and touch; 7. Aesthetics and (in)authenticity: Herder's reputation of Ossian; Conclusion.

Rachel Zuckert is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University, Illinois. She is author of the prizewinning Kant on Beauty and Biology (Cambridge, 2007) and co-editor of Hegel on Philosophy in History (Cambridge, 2017).

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• Introduction; Part I. Herder's Aesthetics: 1. Herder's philosophical naturalism; 2. Synthesis and critique of eighteenth-century aesthetics; 3. Aesthetics of the senses; 4. Aesthetics of expression: coda cultural variation and taste; Part II. Explorations: 5. The problem of the sublime; 6. Sculpture and touch; 7. Aesthetics and (in)authenticity: Herder's reputation of Ossian; Conclusion.