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Epistemic vices are defined as 'bad' or unreliable methods of forming beliefs [1], which virtue epistemology contrasts with epistemic virtues to evaluate the quality of a subject's beliefs [2]. Furthermore, these vices are characterized as stable cognitive tendencies that frequently lead to the formation of false beliefs [3].
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claimIn virtue epistemology, epistemic virtues are defined as 'good' ways of forming beliefs, such as careful and attentive reasoning, while epistemic vices are defined as 'bad' ways of forming beliefs, such as jumping to conclusions.
claimExternalist virtue epistemology defines epistemic virtues as stable ways of forming beliefs that tend to result in true beliefs, and epistemic vices as stable ways of forming beliefs that tend to result in false beliefs.
claimVirtue epistemology proposes that the order of analysis in epistemology should be reversed, starting with the assessment of the subject's epistemic virtues and vices rather than focusing primarily on the epistemic quality of individual beliefs.