Naturalizing Epistemic Virtue
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Author | : Abrol Fairweather |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2014-03-27 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107028574 |
This book explores virtue epistemology as naturalistic and presents new opportunities for work on epistemic abilities, epistemic virtues and cognitive character.
Author | : Abrol Fairweather |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Naturalism |
ISBN | : 9781139860857 |
An epistemic virtue is a personal quality conducive to the discovery of truth, the avoidance of error, or some other intellectually valuable goal. Current work in epistemology is increasingly value-driven, but this volume presents the first collection of essays to explore whether virtue epistemology can also be naturalistic, in the philosophical definition meaning 'methodologically continuous with science'. The essays examine the empirical research in psychology on cognitive abilities and personal dispositions, meta-epistemic semantic accounts of virtue theoretic norms, the role of emotion in knowledge, 'ought-implies can' constraints, empirically and metaphysically grounded accounts of 'proper functioning', and even applied virtue epistemology in relation to education. Naturalizing Epistemic Virtue addresses many core issues in contemporary epistemology, presents new opportunities for work on epistemic abilities, epistemic virtues and cognitive character, and will be of great interest to those studying virtue ethics and epistemology. Features: --Proposes for the first time a sustained examination of naturalism in virtue epistemology. --Equally balanced between theoretical and empirical approaches to epistemology. --Opens new directions for virtue epistemology research. Abrol Fairweather is Lecturer in Philosophy at San Francisco State University. Owen Flanagan is James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy at Duke University, North Carolina. Publisher's note.
Author | : Abrol Fairweather |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2014-05-27 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 3319046721 |
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 | : Heather Battaly |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1214 |
Release | : 2018-09-04 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1317495284 |
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.
Author | : Abrol Fairweather |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2017-05-18 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107089824 |
This title provides the first thorough defense of a naturalized virtue epistemology.
Author | : Christoph Kelp |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2020-07-23 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1108481213 |
This volume brings together new essays on virtue epistemology, one of the leading approaches in the theory of knowledge.
Author | : Abrol Fairweather |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2001-05-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0190286350 |
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 | : Tim Henning |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2013-09-23 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1136227245 |
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 | : Nancy E. Snow |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 905 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 019938519X |
The late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have seen a renaissance in the study of virtue -- a topic that has prevailed in philosophical work since the time of Aristotle. Several major developments have conspired to mark this new age. Foremost among them, some argue, is the birth of virtue ethics, an approach to ethics that focuses on virtue in place of consequentialism (the view that normative properties depend only on consequences) or deontology (the study of what we have a moral duty to do). The emergence of new virtue theories also marks this new wave of work on virtue. Put simply, these are theories about what virtue is, and they include Kantian and utilitarian virtue theories. Concurrently, virtue ethics is being applied to other fields where it hasn't been used before, including bioethics and education. In addition to these developments, the study of virtue in epistemological theories has become increasingly widespread to the point that it has spawned a subfield known as 'virtue epistemology.' This volume therefore provides a representative overview of philosophical work on virtue. It is divided into seven parts: conceptualizations of virtue, historical and religious accounts, contemporary virtue ethics and theories of virtue, central concepts and issues, critical examinations, applied virtue ethics, and virtue epistemology. Forty-two chapters by distinguished scholars offer insights and directions for further research. In addition to philosophy, authors also deal with virtues in non-western philosophical traditions, religion, and psychological perspectives on virtue.
Author | : W. Jay Wood |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2009-08-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830875069 |
In this study of how we know what we know, W. Jay Wood surveys current views of foundationalism, epistemic justification and reliabilism.