Overview
- Explores curiosity from a normative epistemological viewpoint
- Identifies curiosity as a positive and vital character trait
- Defends the idea that curiosity motivates and organises our cognitive abilities, playing the central role in our cognitive lives
Part of the book series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy (PIIP)
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· Curiosity as a subject in the history of philosophy
· Curiosity as a possible ethical virtue
· The importance of curiosity about oneself
· Whether curiosity is good in itself or only as a means to an end (e.g. in the pursuit of truth).
The book begins with a brief historical overview, before turning to the nature of curiosity from both a psychological and philosophical viewpoint. Curiosity is revealed as a crucial instrument in the advancement of science and wisdom, as well as within the wider picture of meaningful human life. Miščević skilfully defends the idea that curiosity motivates and organises our cognitive abilities, playing the central role in our cognitive lives.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Understanding Curiosity
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The Central Role of Curiosity
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Applications and Widenings
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Curiosity as an Epistemic Virtue
Authors: Nenad Miščević
Series Title: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57103-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-57102-3Published: 09 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-57105-4Published: 10 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-57103-0Published: 08 November 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-2851
Series E-ISSN: 2946-286X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 268
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations
Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind