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The concept of %Truth is central to virtue epistemology, as it is defined as the primary motivation for intellectual virtue [1], a goal that agents must reliably achieve through competent methods [2], and the standard by which the accuracy and aptness of belief-formation are measured [3].
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Virtue epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
claimLinda Trinkaus Zagzebski includes the notion of "reliable success" in her model of virtue epistemology to address the problem of well-intentioned agents who desire truth but employ ineffective methods to pursue it.
claimIn Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski's model of virtue epistemology, the "characteristic motivation" of an intellectual virtue is the desire for truth, understanding, and other forms of cognitive contact with reality.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimIn Virtue Epistemology, belief-formation is treated as a psychological performance where accuracy is identified with truth, adroitness is identified with manifesting intellectual competence, and aptness is identified with a belief being true because it is competent.