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Knowledge and virtue are linked within virtue epistemology, where knowledge is often defined as arising from virtuous cognitive dispositions {fact:2, fact:4} or motivated inquiry [1]. Furthermore, they are both considered normative concepts that resist purely non-normative definitions [2], and are historically connected through Socratic philosophy, which posits that virtue is attainable through knowledge [3].
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Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 4 facts
claimJohn Greco argues that knowers deserve credit for knowledge because they believe the truth because of their virtue.
claimKing (2014a) defends responsibilism by arguing that, based on Linda Zagzebski's (1996) version of virtue epistemology, knowledge does not need to manifest virtue but only needs to arise from the type of motivated inquiry a virtuous person would engage in.
claimMark Alfano argues that if people's cognitive dispositions do not qualify as virtues because they are unreliable or irresponsible, the true beliefs produced by those dispositions will not count as knowledge.
claimPhilosophers including Axtell & Carter (2008), McDowell (1994), Roberts & Wood (2007), and Zagzebski (1996, 2009) argue that epistemological terms like 'knowledge', 'evidence', 'justification', 'duty', and 'virtue' cannot be adequately defined or fully explained in purely non-normative vocabulary.
Social Epistemology - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu 1 fact
claimVirtues, expertise, and skills are conceptualized as acquired traits of character that facilitate the acquisition, maintenance, and transmission of knowledge and other epistemic goods.
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.
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right? - TheCollector thecollector.com 1 fact
claimSocrates' enlightened rationalism is characterized by a dialogic skill used to arrive at clear definitions of terms, driven by the conviction that virtues are obtainable only through knowledge.