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Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski is a philosopher who developed a specific virtue-based theory of knowledge, as evidenced by her definition of knowledge as belief arising from acts of intellectual virtue [1], [2]. Her work, particularly in 'Virtues of the Mind', provides a comprehensive analysis of the nature of knowledge and its relationship to intellectual virtues [3], [4].
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Virtue Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 7 facts
claimLinda Zagzebski defines knowledge as belief arising from acts of intellectual virtue.
claimLinda Zagzebski characterizes Gettier cases as situations where the connection between the warrant condition and the truth condition for knowledge is severed by bad luck and restored by good luck.
claimLinda Zagzebski's view on knowledge requires the presence of virtuous intellectual motives, which the author argues are absent in cases where knowledge is gained through automatic cognitive processes.
claimLinda Zagzebski claims that her analysis of knowledge is immune to Gettier counterexamples because of the tight connection between the warrant and truth conditions for knowledge.
claimLinda Zagzebski's analysis of knowledge defines knowledge as belief arising from acts of intellectual virtue, rather than true belief, because the justification or warrant condition entails the truth condition.
claimLinda Zagzebski's theory of knowledge resembles virtue reliabilism because its main component is a virtue-based account of knowledge.
claimLinda Zagzebski claims that knowledge is a belief arising from what she calls 'acts of intellectual virtue'.
Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
referenceLinda Trinkaus Zagzebski authored the book 'Virtues of the Mind: An Inquiry Into the Nature of Virtue and the Ethical Foundations of Knowledge', published by Cambridge University Press in 1996.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimLinda Zagzebski conjectures that understanding can be defined analogously to knowledge, but whereas knowledge derives from virtues that aim at truth, understanding derives at least partly from different, special virtues that have been hitherto unanalyzed or unrecognized.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
referenceLinda Zagzebski's conventional virtue epistemology (1996) provides a definition of knowledge and an attempted resolution of the Gettier problem.