Inquiry, Questions, and Actions

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ID9689106
AuthorsBenoit Guilielmo (0000-0002-4224-1406, University of Zurich, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume63
Issue2
Pages339-356
Publication date2024-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDialogue (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s001221732400012x
OpenAlexW4392848268
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited39

This article aims to contribute to the elucidation of the nature of inquiry. I start with some common desiderata for any theory of inquiry. I then categorize inquiry as a structured process. By focusing on its essential components, I advance a new characterization of inquiry as a combination of questioning attitudes guiding actions. Finally, I turn to the recent objection that questioning attitudes are not necessary for inquiry. I argue that inquiry is a structured process essentially constituted by questioning attitudes having two precise functional roles, initiating and guiding the deployment of cognitive capacities towards an epistemic goal

Categorization · Cognition · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Process (computing) · Sociology · Computer Science · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · Engineering · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Psychology

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