Kant's 'free beauty' versus 'dependent beauty' distinction already concedes that most aesthetic judgments involve conceptual and purposive interests, undermining the universal scope of disinterestedness.
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was an influential German philosopher who argued that our minds shape how we experience reality, and that we can only truly know things as they appear to us, not as they are in themselves.
Purposive interests(as a factor that influences aesthetic judgments)
Concerns motivated by what something is designed to do or by what we want to use it for.
disinterestedness(Kant's aesthetics, drawing on Hutcheson and Mendelssohn)
The property of aesthetic pleasure whereby it arises independently of any interest in the object's physical existence, utility, or moral goodness.
universal scope(as used in philosophy of religion)
The idea that something applies to or is meant for all people everywhere, not just a specific group or culture.