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Curiosity and the Value of Truth

Brady, Michael S.·2009·Epistemic Value
DOI 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231188.003.0013
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This chapter focuses on the question of whether true belief can have final value because it answers our ‘intellectual interest’ or ‘natural curiosity’. The idea is that sometimes we are interested in the truth on some issue not for any ulterior purpose, but simply because we are curious about that issue. It is argued that this approach fails to provide an adequate explanation of the final value of true belief, since there is an unbridgeable gap between our valuing the truth on some issue for its own sake, and that truth's being valuable for its own sake.

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Authors
Brady, M. S.
Corresponding author
Brady, Michael S.
ORCID
Brady, Michael S.
Venue
Epistemic Value
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
Published
2009-09-01
Pages
265-283
DOI
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231188.003.0013
OpenAlex
W22034770
Cited by
45
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0
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2023: 16 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
8.65
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies
Keywords
curiosity, value of truth, true belief, intellectual interests, natural curiosities, epistemic value

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