Contemporary epistemology debates have largely been occupied with
formulating a definition of knowledge that is immune to any
counterexample. To date, no definition has been able to escape
unscathed.
Moving away from debates about definitions, Virtue Epistemology
shows what conditions are essential for knowledge and applies this
account to different domains. It proposes that agents must be
motivated correctly to acquire knowledge, even in the case of
perception.
Stephen Napier examines closely the empirical research in
cognitive science and moral psychology to build an account of
knowledge wherein an agent must perform acts of virtue in order to
get knowledge. In so doing, Napier provides answers to two key
questions: 'what is knowledge?' and 'how do we get it?' >
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