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.
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