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Ernest Sosa incorporates memory into his epistemological framework by identifying it as a fundamental intellectual virtue [1] and a primary source of epistemic justification {fact:1, fact:4}. He further distinguishes between the roles of memory in virtuous versus less virtuous cognitive faculties [2].
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Virtue Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 3 facts
claimErnest Sosa argues that standard foundationalist accounts of justification are flawed because they rely on the premise that the justification of non-basic beliefs derives from basic beliefs, which are themselves justified by sensory experience, memory, and rational insight.
claimErnest Sosa identifies reason, perception, introspection, and memory as qualities that satisfy the conditions of an intellectual virtue or faculty.
claimErnest Sosa proposes a 'stratified' model of epistemic justification where primary justification is attached to intellectual virtues, such as sensory experience and memory, and secondary justification is attached to beliefs produced by those virtues.
Virtue epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimErnest Sosa posits that more virtuous faculties are related to direct sensory perception and memory, while less virtuous capacities relate to beliefs derived from primary memory or sense experience.