The Philosophy of Curiosity

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.

Autorentext

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

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt

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