Curiosity and Acquaintance
Ways of Knowing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11953246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Standish (0000-0003-0875-0191, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1453-1470 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9752.12522 |
| OpenAlex | W3095625265 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
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
Ambivalence · Curiosity · Epistemology · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Virtue · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychological and Educational Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |