Preface ..................................................... xi
Acknowledgments ............................................. xv
Introduction ................................................. 1
1 Meno's Paradox and Inostensible Conceptualization ........... 16
2 Asking and Answering ........................................ 40
3 Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description ...... 67
4 Referential and Attributive Uses of Definite Descriptions ... 76
5 De Re/De Dicto .............................................. 95
6 Rigidity and Direct Reference .............................. 113
7 Reference to the Object of Curiosity ....................... 119
8 Conditions for Curiosity ................................... 125
9 Conditions for the Satisfaction of Curiosity ............... 136
10 Relativity of Curiosity and Its Satisfaction ............... 148
11 "Presuppositions of Curiosity .............................. 157
12 Limits of Curiosity and Its Satisfaction ................... 164
Conclusion ................................................. 182
Notes ...................................................... 187
Bibliography ............................................... 199
Index ...................................................... 203
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