Curiosity and Acquaintance: Ways of Knowing

Autor/in	Standish, Paul
Titel	Curiosity and Acquaintance: Ways of Knowing
Quelle	In: Journal of Philosophy of Education, 54 (2020) 5, S.1453-1470 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Standish, Paul)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8249
DOI	10.1111/1467-9752.12522
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Epistemology; Familiarity; Educational Practices; Educational Research; Films + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Erkenntnistheorie; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Film
Abstract	Curiosity has rightly received much attention in epistemology and educational research. Although, through the centuries, it has been regarded with a degree of ambivalence, the trend now is towards its championing as an intellectual or epistemic virtue. The present discussion juxtaposes it against a contrasting way of knowing, which I refer to as knowledge by acquaintance. The notion of acquaintance pursued here parts company with Bertrand Russell's adoption of the expression, taking up instead a more ordinary use of the term. It is suggested that both curiosity and knowledge by acquaintance can present problems. Working through an example drawn from Stephen Poliakoff's film "Close My Eyes," the paper seeks to reappraise the value of knowing by acquaintance for epistemology and for educational practice and research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01