On intellectual virtues and virtue epistemology new york. By linda trinkaus zagzebski virtues of the mind semantic scholar. Request pdf on jan 1, 2000, linda zagzebski linda zagzebski and others published precis of virtues of the mind find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits. In this book linda trinkaus zagzebski gives an extended argument that the selfreflective person is committed to belief on authority. Linda trinkaus zagzebski born 1946 is an american philosopher. An inquiry into the nature of virtue and the ethical foundations of knowledge, cambridge. Cambridge core logic virtues of the mind by linda trinkaus zagzebski. Pdf virtue ethics and integration in evidencebased. Linda zagzebski, virtues of the mind the intuition behind virtue epistemology consider. For an overview of further relevant work in virtue epistemology, see battaly 2008. In this paper, i take up herman pauls suggestion to analyze the process of writing history in terms of virtues.
Zagaebski cambridge university press, sep, 1996 philosophy 365 pages. Responsibilist virtues and the charmed inner circle of traditional epistemology jason baehr loyola marymount university ernie sosas unique brand of performancebased virtue epistemology continues to mature. In exemplarist moral theory, exemplars are identified through the emotion of admiration, which zagzebski argues is both a motivating emotion and an emotion whose cognitive content permits the mapping of the moral domain around the features of exemplars. Almost all theories of knowledge and justified belief employ moral concepts and forms of argument borrowed from moral theories, but none of. First, it is not within the scope of this essay to argue for a virtue epistemology or to adjudicate among virtue theories e. Oxford university press, 2011, offers a helpful taxonomy of the various ways intel lectual virtue may employed in contemporary epistemology. Jul 08, 2008 in on epistemology linda zagzebski situates epistemological questions within the broader framework of what we care about and why we care about it. The cultivation of epistemic virtues is another of area fruitful overlap between virtue epistemology and the social sciences.
Virtue epistemology routledge encyclopedia of philosophy. Greeks identified virtues, not with faculties themselves, but with the excellence of faculties. Msc pgdip pgcert advanced epistemology online phil116 course guide 201819 2 course aims and objectives the course aims to offer online postgraduate students engagement with a. Avoiding the conflation of moral and intellectual virtues. Zagzebski, selections from virtues of the mind class 24. Almost all theories of knowledge and justified belief employ moral concepts and forms of argument borrowed from moral theories, but none of them pay attention to the current renaissance in virtue ethics. Linda zagzebski university of oklahoma, september 27, 2016 at loyola marymount university. Zagzebski errs in extrapolating from the case of an act of justice to all other acts of virtue. According to gettier, the traditional definition of knowledge as justified true belief is insufficient11. Exemplarist virtue theory is a comprehensive ethical theory in which all central terms in moral discourse virtue, good life, wrong act, etc are defined by direct reference to exemplars of goodness, picked out through the emotion of admiration. In its clearest example, which is found in zagzebski 1996 zagzebski, 2003, the view states that each.
What is achieved in this book is actually something quite rare. Linda zagzebski oxford univerity press reprint 2015 296 pp. His fourth book in epistemology in twice as many years, judgment and agency 2015 deepens and. Virtues of the mind deserves the attention of anyone and everyone interested in either ethics or epistemology. Zagzebski notes linda zagzebski virtues of the mind the. A major role in exemplarism zagzebski, 2010 zagzebski, 2015 zagzebski, 2017 is played by the emotion of admiration, through which we are able to identify exemplars and which is defined as a. In virtues of the mind, zagzebski announces her intention to construct a pure virtue epistemology in which the notions of knowledge and justified belief are analyzed solely in terms of virtue notions. Moral understanding, emulation, and resentment featuring dr.
She argues that epistemic and emotional selftrust are rational and. View notes zagzebski notes from phi 3300 at florida state university. Zagzebski means to draw attention to ancient, mediaeval, and modern sources and contributions to current debates. Responsibilist virtues and the charmed inner circle of. Since intellectual virtues are virtues that aim at the truth, we can make the same distinction there, with the result that no act of intellectual virtue can fail to secure the truth. The motive for truth in our epistemic lives i assume that a selfconscious being is both conscious of the world and conscious of itself being conscious of the world. Foundations of knowledge paperback free pdf d0wnl0ad, audio books. The intellectual virtues are qualities of reflective agents in their attempts to reach their epistemic ends. Using examples of heroes, saints, and sages, zagzebski shows how narratives of exemplars and. Objectivity, intellectual virtue, and community uw canvas.
She writes in the areas of epistemology, philosophy of religion, and virtue theory. Virtue epistemology greco, virtues and vices of virtue epistemology class 25. Most selfproclaimed virtue epistemologists are interested in some form of conceptual focus on the virtues. She is a george lynn cross research professor, and kingfisher college chair of the philosophy of religion and ethics at the university of oklahoma. Epistemic temperance and the moral perils of intellectual inquiry. Zagzebskis book brims with acute observations and is written in. An inquiry into the nature of virtue and the ethical foundations of knowledge linda trinkaus zagzebski, linda t. Of special note in the latter domain is zagzebskis book virtues of the mind 1996, which provided the. An inquiry into the nature of virtue and the ethical foundations of the mindlinda trinkaus zagzebski new york. Montmarquet, ethics in virtues of the mind, linda zagzebski has set forth what is probably, to date, the most systematic account and defence of virtue epistemology. The problem of induction hume, the problem of induction from enquiry pdf russell, on induction from problems of philosophy pdf class 26.
These traits require basic trust in our faculties, and they would not be virtuous unless our faculties were basically trustworthy. The sense in which grecos examples can be considered virtues, then, is misapplied if it is intended to reflect the way the concept of virtue has been applied in ethics. Cambridge core logic virtues of the mind by linda trinkaus zagzebski skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Epistemic authority is compatible with autonomy, but epistemic selfreliance is incoherent. In this case, the connection is with social and political philosophy and with the concepts of authority and.
In virtues of the mind 1996, she sets out to solve certain problems in modern epistemology by developing an aristotelian version of virtue theory, and in the course of this project she lays out a general analysis of virtue. Adapting zagzebskis definition of a virtue to the case of objectivity, we can. Questions of value shape all of the above questions and explain some significant philosophical trends. Linda zagzebski is george lynn cross research professor and kingfisher college chair of the philosophy of religion and ethics at the university of oklahoma. L ike with her celebrated virtues of the mind, linda zagzebski again examines the application of concepts familiar in a different normative domain to the epistemic domain. Zagzebski offers exemplary scholarship, illuminating analyses, wellreasoned argument, and provocative new lines of thought. The theory maps the moral domain for theoretical purposes, but it also has the practical aim of helping to make people moral by. Pdf the policy statement for evidencebased practice in psychology is the most important document in contemporary psychotherapy. Virtues of the mind, linda zagzebski argues that knowledge is true belief arising from acts of acts of intellectual virtue, where intellectual virtues are understood as excellences of intellectual character along the lines noted above. Were it chronological, she might have had chapters on ancient greek, hellenistic, early christian, medieval christian, early modern, and contemporary philosophy of religion.
Add one setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your universitys proxy server configure custom proxy use this if your affiliation does not provide a proxy. Dialogue zagzebski offers exemplary scholarship, illuminating analyses, wellreasoned argument, and provocative new lines of thought. The current debate centres on linda zagzebskis virtues of the mind, a book that claims to have resolved the epistemic problems posed by edmund gettier in 196310. A native californian, she taught at loyola marymount. Presents a virtue theory that is designed to handle both moral evaluation and epistemic evaluation within a single theory. Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your universitys proxy server configure custom proxy use this if. For zagzebski intellectual virtues are actually to be thought of as a subset of moral virtues, which i guess would make epistemology a branch of ethics. An inquiry into the nature of virtue and the ethical foundations of knowledge.
Zagzebski is a pioneer in the field of virtue epistemology. Because we are selfconscious, we reflect upon our own. An inquiry into the nature of virtue and the ethical foundations of knowledge cambridge studies in philosophy 9780521578264. The current debate centres on linda zagzebskis virtues of the. This is an issue ripe for further experimental work, which would have important philosophical consequences. Linda zagzebski has produced a very impressive, historicallyinformed introduction to the philosophy of religion. Knowledge and the motive for truth linda zagzebski 1. Our argument for welltuned trust as an intellectual virtue thus makes room for an argument that welltuned faith might be a virtue, too. In contrast to paul, however, i argue that the concept of virtue used here should not be based on virtue epistemology, but rather on virtue ethics.