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Dani Bassett & Perry Zurn on The Neuroscience & Philosophy of Curious Minds

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The Philosophy of Curiousness

When you were first thinking about getting into the philosophy of curiosity, somebody in your mentoring circles suggested that that's not curiosity is not a topic that philosophy addresses. So I said, yes, I will dissertate on curiosity. And they said, no, you will not. That is not a philosophical topic, which simply meant there aren't other books on curiosity. But it's true, there hadn't been a full book on curiosity until 2011 in English and philosophy. It turns out I was a little bit late to that particular endeavor. There were just a few that came out as I was disertating.

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