Between Reason and Sensibility: The Manifestation Mechanism of Freedom in Kant's Aesthetics

This paper centers on Kant’s Critique of Judgment to explore the manifestation mechanism of "freedom" in aesthetics. It points out that Kant achieves a reconciliation between reason and sensibility through aesthetic judgment, thereby providing an experiential intermediary path for the concept of freedom. The article analyzes the four dimensions of aesthetic judgment and the free creativity of art and genius, and combines Schiller, Hegel, Heidegger, and others responses to Kants aesthetics of freedom to reveal how Kant bridges the gap between nature and freedom through aesthetic activities, thus constructing the philosophical foundation of modern aesthetics.