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Wondering as appetitive desire

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: To wonder a question, I argue, is to have a kind of appetitive desire. This helps answer a range of objections to the view that wondering is a kind of desire for knowledge. It may also imply that wondering is not subject to rational norms.
Source: Analysis
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4416379463
FWCI: 17.2
Cites: 25
Cited by: 2
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