Ilhan Inan

The Philosophy of Curiosity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781138098664
• ISBN-10: 1138098663
• Artikelnr.: 49678000

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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