The concept of Disinterestedness in ideas of John Scotus Erigena, Lord Shaftesbury, Francis Hutcheson and David Hume

The concept of Disinterestedness is one of the fundamental concepts in aesthetic experience which comes to mind in the name of Kant. Kant examined it at the first moment of his First Critique. Indeed, disinterested experience or in other words, Disinterestedness is a unique character of aesthetic experience that makes it distinct from other experiences. Reviewing the thoughts of philosophers before Kant, it can be seen that this concept was even raised before Kant, but it has received little attention, then. In this regard, the following article is based on verifying the issue that how exactly the concept of Disinterestedness is, and in what context it is discussed based on the thoughts of philosophers before Kant and what changes it have been undergone.