Virtue Epistemology - Contemporary Readings (Paperback)

A collection of essential readings that chart the development of a diverse and flourishing field. Virtue epistemology is a diverse and flourishing field, one of the most exciting developments in epistemology to emerge over the last three decades. Virtue epistemology begins with the premise that epistemology is a normative discipline and, accordingly, a central task of epistemology is to explain the sort of normativity that knowledge, justified belief, and the like involve. A second premise is that a focus on the intellectual virtues (individual intellectual excellences) is essential to carrying out this central task. This collection offers some of the most influential and agenda-setting work at the heart of virtue epistemology's research program. Taken together, they will equip the reader to enter the ongoing discussion and debate in the field. The selections range from seminal contributions by Ernest Sosa, who introduced the notion of intellectual virtue into the contemporary literature, to a study of "epistemic justice" that draws on To Kill a Mockingbird and The Talented Mr. Ripley. The readings include overviews of the field that also serve to advance the discussion; investigations of the nature of knowledge; reflections on the value of knowledge; examinations of credit and luck; and explorations of future directions for research.

General

Imprint:	MIT Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	MIT Readers in Contemporary Philosophy
Release date:	August 2012
First published:	2012
Editors:	John Greco (Professor and Leonard and Elizabeth Eslick Chair in Philosophy) • John Turri (Assistant Professor)
Contributors:	Heather Battaly • Jason Baehr • Ernest Sosa (Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy) • John Greco (Professor and Leonard and Elizabeth Eslick Chair in Philosophy) • Duncan Pritchard • John Turri (Assistant Professor) • Linda Zagzebski (George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Philosophy) • Berit Brogaard (Associate Professor and Dir. of Graduate Studies)
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	426
ISBN-13:	978-0-262-51780-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Promotions
LSN:	0-262-51780-9
Barcode:	9780262517805

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