Aesthetic Disinterestedness in Kant and Schopenhauer

While several commentators agree that Schopenhauer’s theory of ‘will-less contemplation’ is a variant of Kant’s account of aesthetic disinterestedness, I shall argue here that Schopenhauer’s account departs from Kant’s in several important ways, and that he radically transforms Kant’s analysis of ae...

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Main Author: Bart Vandenabeele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Helsinki University Press 2012-05-01
Series:Estetika
Online Access:https://estetikajournal.org/articles/90