disinterestedness

is an impossibility in that there can be no distinterested spectator without first an interest, nor without a second interest in the move away from the primary interest.

For Husserl, Plato is the philosopher as distinterested spectator (theoria) and is the start of a progressive history of (dis)interest. From an archaic preoccupation with 'vital interests', philosophy introduces an innovative 'theoretical interest' that will lead 'to the theoria proper to science'. As with all claims to an apparent absolute disinterest, Husserl begins with the theoria of 'the disinterested spectator' and can then only account for this idealized disinterest through a history of interests. There can be no disinterest without a priori interest and there can be no move away from this primary interest without another interest, hence Husserl goes from vital interests to the theoretical interest of the disinterested spectator' ( Starting with Derrida By Sean Gaston 6)

is a hypothetical ether that surrounds all forms of selfishness and naturalness.

A hypothetical ether that surrounds all forms of selfishness and naturalness.

is a monkey's mental attitude toward the hen.

A monkey's mental attitude toward the hen.

is that psychological interval when we look the other way before making a grab.

That psychological interval when we look the other way before making a grab.

disinterestedness, n.All

disinterestedness