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Intellectual Dependability - A Virtue Theory of the Epistemic and Educational Ideal (Hardcover)
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Intellectual Dependability - A Virtue Theory of the Epistemic and Educational Ideal (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Epistemology
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Intellectual Dependability is the first research monograph devoted
to addressing the question of what it is to be an intellectually
dependable person-the sort of person on whom one's fellow inquirers
can depend in their pursuit of epistemic goods. While neglected in
recent scholarship, this question is an important one for both
epistemology-how we should conceptualize the ideal inquirer-and
education-how we can enable developing learners to grow toward this
ideal. The book defends a virtue theory according to which being an
intellectually dependable person is distinctively a matter of
possessing a suite of neglected virtues called "the virtues of
intellectual dependability" that are themselves distinctively
concerned with promoting epistemic goods in others' inquiries.
After defending the existence and educational significance of these
virtues as a group, the book turns toward the project of
identifying and conceptualizing several specific instances of these
virtues in detail. Virtues discussed include intellectual
benevolence, intellectual transparency, communicative clarity,
audience sensitivity, and epistemic guidance. In each case, an
interdisciplinary treatment of the nature of the virtue and its
relationship to other virtues, vices, and personality features is
offered, drawing especially on relevant research in Philosophy and
Psychology. The book concludes with a chapter devoted to
identifying distinctive ways these virtues of intellectual
dependability are manifested when it is inquiring communities,
rather than individuals, that occupy the position of intellectual
dependence. By directing attention to the ideal of intellectual
dependability, the book marks a novel turn of scholarly interest
explicitly toward a neglected dimension of the ideal inquirer that
will inform both epistemological theorizing and educational
practice.
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