Epistemic Emotions: The Case of Wonder

In this paper I discuss the reasons for which we may consider wonder an epistemic emotion. I defend the thesis for which a specific type of wonder is aporia-based and that since it is aporia-based, this wonder is epistemic. The epistemic wonder is thus an interrogating wonder which plays the epistem...

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Main Author: Laura Candiotto
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Editora Universitária Champagnat - PUCPRESS 2019-12-01
Series:Revista de Filosofia
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Online Access:https://periodicos.pucpr.br/index.php/aurora/article/view/25710
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spelling doaj-13237fc8f29c4c078aef263b67d77fe72020-11-25T03:25:32ZspaEditora Universitária Champagnat - PUCPRESSRevista de Filosofia 0104-44431980-59342019-12-01315410.7213/1980-5934.31.054.DS1122956Epistemic Emotions: The Case of WonderLaura Candiotto0Freie Universität de BerlinIn this paper I discuss the reasons for which we may consider wonder an epistemic emotion. I defend the thesis for which a specific type of wonder is aporia-based and that since it is aporia-based, this wonder is epistemic. The epistemic wonder is thus an interrogating wonder which plays the epistemic function of motivation to questioning in processes of inquiry. I first introduce the contemporary debate on epistemic emotions, and then I analyze the characteristics that make of wonder an epistemic emotion, from a data-based, phenomenological, and conceptual perspective.https://periodicos.pucpr.br/index.php/aurora/article/view/25710wonderepistemic emotionaporiainquirysuffering.
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Epistemic Emotions: The Case of Wonder
Revista de Filosofia
wonder
epistemic emotion
aporia
inquiry
suffering.
author_facet Laura Candiotto
author_sort Laura Candiotto
title Epistemic Emotions: The Case of Wonder
title_short Epistemic Emotions: The Case of Wonder
title_full Epistemic Emotions: The Case of Wonder
title_fullStr Epistemic Emotions: The Case of Wonder
title_full_unstemmed Epistemic Emotions: The Case of Wonder
title_sort epistemic emotions: the case of wonder
publisher Editora Universitária Champagnat - PUCPRESS
series Revista de Filosofia
issn 0104-4443
1980-5934
publishDate 2019-12-01
description In this paper I discuss the reasons for which we may consider wonder an epistemic emotion. I defend the thesis for which a specific type of wonder is aporia-based and that since it is aporia-based, this wonder is epistemic. The epistemic wonder is thus an interrogating wonder which plays the epistemic function of motivation to questioning in processes of inquiry. I first introduce the contemporary debate on epistemic emotions, and then I analyze the characteristics that make of wonder an epistemic emotion, from a data-based, phenomenological, and conceptual perspective.
topic wonder
epistemic emotion
aporia
inquiry
suffering.
url https://periodicos.pucpr.br/index.php/aurora/article/view/25710
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