The Philosophy of Curiosity - Ilhan Inan

The Philosophy of Curiosity

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Buch | Hardcover
226 Seiten
2011
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-50013-5 (ISBN)
186,95 inkl. MwSt
In this book, Ilhan Inan questions the classical definition of curiosity as a desire to know. Working in an area where epistemology and philosophy of language overlap, Inan forges a link between our ability to become aware of our ignorance and our linguistic aptitude to construct terms referring to things unknown.

The book introduces the notion of inostensible reference (or reference to the unknown). Ilhan connects this notion to related concepts in philosophy of language: knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description; the referential and the attributive uses of definite descriptions; the de re/de dicto distinction; and Kripke’s distinction between rigid and accidental designators.

Continuing with a discussion of the conditions for curiosity and its satisfaction, Inan argues that the learning process—starting in curiosity and ending in knowledge—is always an effort to transform our inostensible terms into ostensible ones. A contextual account is adopted for the satisfaction of curiosity. It then discusses the conditions of successful reference to the object of curiosity and its presuppositions. The book concludes with a discussion on the limits of curiosity and its satisfaction.

Ilhan Inan is a Professor of Philosophy at Boğaziçi University, Turkey.

Introduction 1. Meno’s Paradox and Inostensible Conceptualization 2. Asking and Answering 3. Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description 4. Referential and Attributive Uses of Definite Descriptions 5. De Re / De Dicto 6. Rigidity and Direct Reference 7. Reference to the Object of Curiosity 8. Conditions for Curiosity 9. Conditions for the Satisfaction of Curiosity 10. Relativity of Curiosity and its Satisfaction 11. Presuppositions of Curiosity 12. Limits of Curiosity and its Satisfaction

Reihe/Serie Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 440 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
ISBN-10 0-415-50013-3 / 0415500133
ISBN-13 978-0-415-50013-5 / 9780415500135
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