Stratified Virtue Epistemology

Author : J. Adam Carter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2024-01-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1009066196

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This accessible Element defends version of virtue epistemology shown to have all-things-considered advantages over other views on the market. The view is unorthodox, in that it incorporates Sosa's animal/reflective knowledge distinction, which has thus far had few takers. The author shows why embracing a multi-tiered framework is not a liability within virtue epistemology but instead affords it an edge not attainable otherwise. The particular account of knowledge goes beyond Sosa's own view by introducing and incorporating several theoretical innovations (regarding both basing and risk, as well as the introduction of multiple species of reflective knowledge) which are aimed at revamping how we think about 'high-grade' knowledge, how we attain it, and what it demands of us. The result is a new and improved stratified virtue epistemology that can hold up against scrutiny.

Author : J. Adam Carter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781009079877

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Stratified Virtue Epistemology by J. Adam Carter Pdf

This accessible Element defends version of virtue epistemology shown to have all-things-considered advantages over other views on the market. The view is unorthodox, in that it incorporates Sosa's animal/reflective knowledge distinction, which has thus far had few takers. The author shows why embracing a multi-tiered framework is not a liability within virtue epistemology but instead affords it an edge not attainable otherwise. The particular account of knowledge goes beyond Sosa's own view by introducing and incorporating several theoretical innovations (regarding both basing and risk, as well as the introduction of multiple species of reflective knowledge) which are aimed at revamping how we think about 'high-grade' knowledge, how we attain it, and what it demands of us. The result is a new and improved stratified virtue epistemology that can hold up against scrutiny.

Author : Mark Alfano,Colin Klein,Jeroen de Ridder
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000607307

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Social Virtue Epistemology by Mark Alfano,Colin Klein,Jeroen de Ridder Pdf

This collection of 19 chapters, all appearing in print here for the first time and written by an international team of established and emerging scholars, explores the place of intellectual virtues and vices in a social world. Relevant virtues include open-mindedness, curiosity, intellectual courage, diligence in inquiry, and the like. Relevant vices include dogmatism, need for immediate certainty, and gullibility and the like. The chapters are divided into four key sections: Foundational Issues; Individual Virtues; Collective Virtues; and Methods and Measurements. And the chapters explore the most salient questions in this areas of research, including: How are individual intellectual virtues and vices affected by their social contexts? Does being in touch with other open-minded people make us more open-minded? Conversely, does connection to other dogmatic people make us more dogmatic? Can groups possess virtues and vices distinct from those of their members? For instance, could a group of dogmatic individuals operate in an open-minded way despite the vices of its members? Each chapter receives commentary from two other authors in the volume, and each original author then replies to these commentaries. Together, the authors form part of a collective conversation about how we can know about what we know. In so doing, they not only theorize but enact social virtue epistemology.

Author : Abrol Fairweather,Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski,Linda Zagzebski
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195140774

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Virtue Epistemology by Abrol Fairweather,Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski,Linda Zagzebski Pdf

Virtue epistemology is an exciting, new movement receiving an enormous amount of attention from top epistemologists and ethicists; this pioneering volume reflects the best work in that vein. Featuring superb writing from contemporary American philosophers, it includes thirteen never before published essays that focus on the place of the concept of virtue in epistemology. In recent years, philosophers have been debating how this concept functions in definitions of knowledge. They question the extent to which knowledge is both normative (i.e., with a moral component) and non-normative, and many of them dispute the focus on justification, which has proven to be too restrictive. Epistemologists are searching for a way to combine the traditional concepts of ethical theory with epistemic concepts; the result is a new approach called virtue epistemology--one that has established itself as a particularly favorable alternative. Containing the fruits of recent study on virtue epistemology, this volume offers a superb selection of contributors--including Robert Audi, Simon Blackburn, Richard Foley, Alvin Goldman, Hilary Kornblith, Keith Lehrer, Ernest Sosa, and Linda Zagzebski--whose work brings epistemology into dialogue with everyday issues.

Author : Abrol Fairweather
Publisher : Springer
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319046723

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Virtue Epistemology Naturalized by Abrol Fairweather Pdf

This book presents four bridges connecting work in virtue epistemology and work in philosophy of science (broadly construed) that may serve as catalysts for the further development of naturalized virtue epistemology. These bridges are: empirically informed theories of epistemic virtue; virtue theoretic solutions to under determination; epistemic virtues in the history of science; and the value of understanding. Virtue epistemology has opened many new areas of inquiry in contemporary epistemology including: epistemic agency, the role of motivations and emotions in epistemology, the nature of abilities, skills and competences, wisdom and curiosity. Value driven epistemic inquiry has become quite complex and there is a need for a responsible and rigorous process of constructing naturalized theories of epistemic virtue. This volume makes the involvement of the sciences more explicit and looks at the empirical aspect of virtue epistemology. Concerns about virtue epistemology are considered in the essays contained here, including the question: can any virtue epistemology meet both the normativity constraint and the empirical constraint? The volume suggests that these worries should not be seen as impediments but rather as useful constraints and desiderata to guide the construction of naturalized theories of epistemic virtue.

Author : Michael Raymond DePaul,Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski,Department of Philosophy University of Oklahoma Linda Zagzebski
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199252732

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Intellectual Virtue by Michael Raymond DePaul,Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski,Department of Philosophy University of Oklahoma Linda Zagzebski Pdf

Virtue ethics has attracted a lot of attention and there has been considerable interest in virtue epistemology as an alternative to traditional approaches in that field. This book fills a gap in the literature for a text that brings virtue epistemologists and virtue ethicists together.

Author : Tim Henning,David P. Schweikard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136227233

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Knowledge, Virtue, and Action by Tim Henning,David P. Schweikard Pdf

This volume brings together recent work by leading and up-and-coming philosophers on the topic of virtue epistemology. The prospects of virtue-theoretic analyses of knowledge depend crucially on our ability to give some independent account of what epistemic virtues are and what they are for. The contributions here ask how epistemic virtues matter apart from any narrow concern with defining knowledge; they show how epistemic virtues figure in accounts of various aspects of our lives, with a special emphasis on our practical lives. In essence, the essays here put epistemic virtues to work.

Author : Christoph Kelp,John Greco
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108481212

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Virtue-Theoretic Epistemology by Christoph Kelp,John Greco Pdf

This volume brings together new essays on virtue epistemology, one of the leading approaches in the theory of knowledge.

Author : Michel Croce,Maria Silvia Vaccarezza
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781119525745

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Connecting Virtues: Advances in Ethics, Epistemology, and Political Philosophy by Michel Croce,Maria Silvia Vaccarezza Pdf

Connecting Virtues examines the significant advances within the fast-growing field of virtue theory and shows how research has contributed to the current debates in moral philosophy, epistemology, and political philosophy. Includes groundbreaking chapters offering cutting-edge research on the topic of the virtues Provides insights into the application of the topic of virtue, such as the role of intellectual virtues, virtuous dispositions, and the value of some neglected virtues for political philosophy Examines the relevance of the virtues in the current debates in social epistemology, the epistemology of education, and civic education Features work from world-leading and internationally recognized philosophers working on the virtues today

Author : Matthias Steup,Blake Roeber,John Turri,Ernest Sosa
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781119755449

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Contemporary Debates in Epistemology by Matthias Steup,Blake Roeber,John Turri,Ernest Sosa Pdf

The perfect introduction to contemporary epistemology, completely overhauled for its third edition In Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, pairs of specially commissioned essays defend opposing views on some of today’s most compelling epistemological issues and problems. Offering a unique blend of accessibility and originality, this timely volume brings together fresh debates on hotly contested issues to provide readers with the opportunity to engage in comparative analysis of constantly changing and developing epistemological concepts. Now in its third edition, Contemporary Debates in Epistemology features up-to-date coverage of the latest developments in the field. Entirely new essays examine questions of epistemic normativity and knowledge, the relationship between belief and credence, the possibility of internalist epistemology, epistemic instrumentalism, norms of assertion, the use of thought experiments in epistemology, and more. Presents a rigorous yet accessible introduction to the major topics in contemporary epistemology Contains head-to-head chapters offering forceful advocacy of opposing philosophical stances Focuses on core areas of epistemology Uses a lively debate format that sharply defines the issues and encourages further discussion All-new chapters provide fully updated coverage of new and emerging topics in epistemology Part of the Wiley-Blackwell Contemporary Debates in Philosophy series, Contemporary Debates in Epistemology, Third Edition, remains an essential resource for advanced undergraduate philosophy majors, graduate students in philosophy, and epistemologists who want to keep current with contemporary epistemological debates.

Author : Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1996-09-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521578264

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Virtues of the Mind by Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski Pdf

This remarkable book is the first attempt to establish a theory of knowledge based on the model of virtue theory in ethics.

Author : Guy Axtell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0847696537

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Knowledge, Belief, and Character by Guy Axtell Pdf

There have been many books over the past decade, including outstanding collections of essays, on the topic of the ethical virtues and virtue-theoretic approaches in ethics. But the professional journals of philosophy have only recently seen a strong and growing interest in the intellectual virtues and in the development of virtue-theoretic approaches in epistemology. There have been four single-authored book length treatments of issues of virtue epistemology over the last seven years, beginning with Ernest Sosa's Knowledge in Perspective (Cambridge, 1991), and extending to Linda Zabzebski's Virtue of the Mind (Cambridge, 1996). Weighing in with Jonathan Kvanvig's The Intellectual Virtues and the Life of the Mind (1992), and James Montmarquet's Epistemic Virtue and Doxastic Responsibility (1993), Rowman & Littlefield has had a particularly strong interest in the direction and growth of the field. To date, there has been no collection of articles directly devoted to the growing debate over the possibility and potential of a virtue epistemology. This volume exists in the belief that there is now a timely opportunity to gather together the best contributions of the influential authors working in this growing area of epistemological research, and to create a collection of essays as a useful course text and research source. Several of the articles included in the volume are previously unpublished. Several essays discuss the range and general approach of virtue theory in comparison with other general accounts. What advantages are supposed to accrue from a virtue-based account in epistemology, in handling well-known problems such as "Gettier," and "Evil-Genie"-type problems? Can reliabilist virtue epistemology handle skeptical challenges more satisfactorily than non-virtue-centered forms of epistemic reliabilism? Others provide a needed discussion of relevant analogies and disanalogies between ethical and epistemic evaluation. The readings all contribute

Author : Ian James Kidd,Heather Battaly,Quassim Cassam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351380867

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Vice Epistemology by Ian James Kidd,Heather Battaly,Quassim Cassam Pdf

Some of the most problematic human behaviors involve vices of the mind such as arrogance, closed-mindedness, dogmatism, gullibility, and intellectual cowardice, as well as wishful or conspiratorial thinking. What sorts of things are epistemic vices? How do we detect and mitigate them? How and why do these vices prevent us from acquiring knowledge, and what is their role in sustaining patterns of ignorance? What is their relation to implicit or unconscious bias? How do epistemic vices and systems of social oppression relate to one another? Do we unwittingly absorb such traits from the process of socialization and communities around us? Are epistemic vices traits for which we can blamed? Can there be institutional and collective epistemic vices? This book seeks to answer these important questions about the vices of the mind and their roles in our social and epistemic lives, and is the first collection of its kind. Organized into three parts, chapters by outstanding scholars explore the nature of epistemic vices, specific examples of these vices, and case studies in applied vice epistemology, including education and politics. Alongside these foundational questions, the volume offers sophisticated accounts of vices both new and familiar. These include epistemic arrogance and servility, epistemic injustice, epistemic snobbishness, conspiratorial thinking, procrastination, and forms of closed-mindedness. Vice Epistemology is essential reading for students of ethics, epistemology, and virtue theory, and various areas of applied, feminist, and social philosophy. It will also be of interest to practitioners, scholars, and activists in politics, law, and education.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:475010741

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A Virtue Epistemology by Anonim Pdf

Author : Heather Battaly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317495284

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The Routledge Handbook of Virtue Epistemology by Heather Battaly Pdf

What is an epistemic virtue? Are epistemic virtues reliable? Are they motivated by a love of truth? Do epistemic virtues produce knowledge and understanding? How can we develop epistemic virtues? The Routledge Handbook of Virtue Epistemology answers all of these questions. This landmark volume provides a pluralistic and comprehensive picture of the field of virtue epistemology. It is the first large-scale volume of its kind on the topic. Composed of 41 chapters, all published here for the first time, it breaks new ground in four areas. It articulates the structure and features of epistemic virtues. It provides in-depth analyses of 10 individual epistemic virtues. It examines the connections between epistemic virtue, knowledge, and understanding. It applies virtue epistemology, and explores its impact on related fields. The contributing authors are pioneers in the study of epistemic virtue. This volume is an outstanding resource for students and scholars in philosophy, as well as researchers in intersecting fields, including education, psychology, political science, and women’s studies.?