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Virtue epistemology is a philosophical framework specifically designed to analyze and define the nature of knowledge, as evidenced by its attempts to provide definitions of knowledge based on intellectual virtue {fact:5, fact:6, fact:18}. It addresses core debates regarding the value and acquisition of knowledge {fact:2, fact:14, fact:20} and seeks to solve traditional epistemic puzzles like the Gettier problem by focusing on the knower's agency {fact:4, fact:19}.
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Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 9 facts
referenceStephen E. Napier published 'Virtue Epistemology: Motivation and Knowledge' with Continuum Press in 2008, which explores the relationship between motivation and knowledge in virtue epistemology.
claimVirtue Epistemology provides a straightforward solution to the value problem, assuming the basic line on knowledge is correct.
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.
claimVirtue epistemology is divided by four main issues: the nature and scope of intellectual virtues, the questions to address, the methods to use, and the relations among epistemic virtue, knowledge, and epistemic credit.
claimConventional virtue epistemology (VE) utilizes the resources of virtue epistemology to address standard questions in contemporary Anglophone epistemology, such as providing analyses or definitions of knowledge and justification, solving puzzles like the Gettier problem and the lottery problem, constructing counterexamples, and confronting the skeptic.
perspectiveLinda Zagzebski (2003) argues that an adequate account of knowledge must explain why knowledge is more valuable than mere true belief, and that virtue epistemology is well-positioned to solve this 'value problem' by focusing on the internal agency of the knower.
claimPritchard (2014) argues for a version of virtue epistemology that recognizes the essential role of the environment in the acquisition of knowledge.
perspectiveJennifer Lackey argues that the credit thesis is false because we do not deserve credit for everything we know, which implies that standard Virtue Epistemology definitions of knowledge are incorrect and that the framework is not ideally suited to explain the value of knowledge.
claimVirtue Epistemology solves the Gettier problem by asserting that knowledge requires an agent to believe the truth because of their intellectual virtues, whereas Gettier subjects do not believe the truth because of their virtues.
Virtue epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 8 facts
claimVirtue epistemology differs from other areas of epistemology by taking the state of an individual's intellect into account, which allows social context to alter knowledge.
claimVirtue epistemology evaluates knowledge based on the properties of the persons or knowers who hold beliefs, rather than focusing solely on the properties of propositions and beliefs.
claimAlvin Plantinga's theory of knowledge, which is related to virtue epistemology, asserts that knowledge is warranted if an individual's intellectual faculties are operating as they were designed to operate.
claimVirtue epistemology replaces formulaic expressions for knowledge, such as 'S knows that p', by applying virtue theory to the intellect, making virtue the fulcrum for assessing knowledge candidates.
claimVirtue epistemology attempts to simplify the analysis of knowledge by replacing certain abstractions with flexible and contextual instances, which allows for cognitive relativism.
claimUnder the view of virtue epistemology, a well-functioning intellectual faculty is a necessary condition for the formation of knowledge.
claimVirtue epistemology was inspired by a renewal of interest in virtue concepts among moral philosophers and as a response to the intractability of competing analyses of knowledge that arose following the work of Edmund Gettier.
claimAI epistemology is a field that explores how artificial intelligence systems generate, structure, and transform knowledge, building on the foundations of virtue and social epistemology.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 4 facts
claimIf empirical studies suggest that people's beliefs usually manifest cognitive defects or incompetence, virtue epistemology would be led to the conclusion that most human true beliefs do not count as knowledge.
claimVirtue epistemology practitioners generally agree that knowledge is defined as true belief that manifests virtue.
referenceThe book 'Knowledge, Belief and Character: Readings in Virtue Epistemology', edited by Guy Axtell and published in 2000 by Rowman and Littlefield, is a collection of works regarding virtue epistemology.
claimThe 'credit thesis' in Virtue Epistemology posits that knowledge is a credit-worthy state of the agent, meaning an individual knows a proposition only if they deserve credit for believing the truth.
Virtue Epistemology, Anyone? - The Philosophers' Magazine - philosophersmag.com 2 facts
perspectiveVirtue epistemology is not mutually exclusive with foundationalism or coherentism, but rather offers a different perspective on debates regarding the nature and security of knowledge.
claimKnowledge is defined in virtue epistemology as a state of belief generated by acts of intellectual virtue.
Virtue epistemology - Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy rep.routledge.com 1 fact
claimSome virtue epistemology theories propose that traditional concepts of justification or knowledge can be analyzed in terms of intellectual virtue, while others argue that traditional concepts are defective or uninteresting and should be replaced by the notion of intellectual virtue.