Synopses & Reviews
Virtue ethics has attracted a lot of attention over the past few decades, and more recently there has been considerable interest in virtue epistemology as an alternative to traditional approaches in that field. Ironically, although virtue epistemology got its inspiration from virtue ethics, this is the first book that brings virtue epistemologists and virtue ethicists together to contribute their particular expertise, and the first that is devoted to the topic of intellectual virtue.
All new and right up to date, the papers collected here by Zagzebski and DePaul demonstrate the benefit of each branch of philosophy to the other. Intellectual Virtue will be required reading for anyone working in either field.
Review
"one indication of the importance and timeliness of this anthology is that it makes room for fundamental critiques of mainstream epistemology."--Ethics
Synopsis
The idea of a virtue has traditionally been important in ethics, but only recently has gained attention as an idea that can explain how we ought to form beliefs as well as how we ought to act. Moral philosophers and epistemologists have different approaches to the idea of intellectual virtue; here, Michael DePaul and Linda Zagzebski bring work from both fields together for the first time to address all of the important issues. It will be required reading for anyone working on either side of the debate.
Synopsis
The idea of a virtue has traditionally been important in ethics, but only recently has gained attention as an idea that can explain how we ought to form beliefs as well as how we ought to act. Moral philosophers and epistemologists have different approaches to the idea of intellectual virtue; here, Michael DePaul and Linda Zagzebski bring work from both fields together for the first time to address all of the important issues. It will be required reading for anyone working on either side of the debate.
Table of Contents
Introduction,
Linda Zagzebski and Michael DePaulPart One: Classical virtue ethics and virtue epistemology
1. The Structure of Virtue, Julia Annas
2. Intellectual Virtue: Emotions, Luck, and the Ancients, Nancy Sherman and Heath White
Part Two: Contemporary virtue ethics and epistemology
3. Virtue Ethics: Radical or Routine?, David Solomon
4. Practical Reason and its Virtues, J. L. A. Garcia
Part Three: The good of knowledge
5. Knowledge as Credit for True Belief, John Greco
6. Intellectual Motivation and the Good of Truth, Linda Zagzebski
7. The Place of Truth in Epistemology, Erenest Sosa
Part Four: Using virtue to redefine the problems of epistemology
8. How to be a Virtue Epistemologist, Christopher Hookway
9. Understanding 'Virtue' and the Virtue of Understanding, Wayne D. Riggs
10. Knowing Cognitive Selves, Christine McKinnon
Part Five: Applying virtue to epistemology: an intellectual virtue examined
11. Humility and Epistemic Goods, Robert C. Roberts and W. Jay Wood
References
Index