Curiosity has rightly received much attention in epistemology and educational research. Although, through the centuries, it has been regarded with a degree of ambivalence, the trend now is towards its championing as an intellectual or epistemic virtue. The present discussion juxtaposes it against a contrasting way of knowing, which I refer to as knowledge by acquaintance. The notion of acquaintance pursued here parts company with Bertrand Russell's adoption of the expression, taking up instead a more ordinary use of the term. It is suggested that both curiosity and knowledge by acquaintance can present problems. Working through an example drawn from Stephen Poliakoff's film Close My Eyes, the paper seeks to reappraise the value of knowing by acquaintance for epistemology and for educational practice and research.

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好奇心和相识：知道的方式

好奇心在认识论和教育研究中受到了正确的关注。尽管在过去的几个世纪中，人们一直以某种矛盾的态度来对待它，但现在的趋势是将其倡导为知识或认知美德。本讨论将其与一种相反的认识方式并列放置，我将这种认识方式称为相识。在这里，熟人概念与贝特朗·罗素（Bertrand Russell）对该表述的采用相伴而行，取而代之的是使用该术语的更普通用法。建议好奇心和相识知识都可能带来问题。以斯蒂芬·波利阿科夫（Stephen Poliakoff）的电影《闭上我的眼睛》为例，本文试图重新认识相识的知识在认识论以及教育实践和研究中的价值。