中研院歐美研究所學術演講 （2024/09/16）
主講人：Harvey Lederman（德州大學奧斯汀分校哲學系教授）
主持人：陳湘韻 (歐美所副研究員)
日期：2024/09/16（一）14:30 ~ 16:30
地點：中研院歐美所研究大樓1樓會議室
講題：The Wonders of the World
大綱：Wonder often fades as understanding and knowledge grows. A child’s wonder at everyday objects tends to disappear, as it should, when the child comes to understand more about them. Is wonder, then, a fool’s attitude, only appropriate for the ignorant? I argue that it is not. In particular, I argue that there are some stable objects of wonder, or, more simply wonders, where wonder is appropriate, no matter how much one knows or understands about the object. I explore what such stable objects of wonder have in common, and consider what this tells us about the value of wonder itself.
