Kant on Wonder as the Motive to Learn

Autor/in	Zinkin, Melissa
Titel	Kant on Wonder as the Motive to Learn
Quelle	In: Journal of Philosophy of Education, 55 (2021) 6, S.921-934 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8249
DOI	10.1111/1467-9752.12606
Schlagwörter	Educational Philosophy; Educational Theories; Learning Motivation; Thinking Skills; Learner Engagement; Comprehension + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Denkfähigkeit; Verstehen; Verständnis
Abstract	Kant writes, 'to have trained one's children is not enough … what really matters is that they learn to "think"'. By 'thinking', Kant means thinking for oneself. But how can one learn to think for oneself? I focus on how we can be motivated to think for ourselves and argue that for Kant it is through the feeling of wonder. I make my case by drawing an analogy between Kant's discussion of wonder and his discussion of respect. For Kant, we can learn to feel wonder and be motivated to think for ourselves by being presented with seemingly organised objects that give us the occasion to feel wonder. Moreover, for Kant, sometimes the same object that provides the occasion for wonder is also what produces the feeling of respect, namely the pure activity of reason. In this way, wonder helps us to learn how to be virtuous. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01