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.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Studies in Epistemology |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| First published: |
2021 |
| Authors: |
T Ryan Byerly
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
204 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-75563-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-367-75563-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780367755638 |
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