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Virtue epistemology is defined as an approach to understanding the dimensions of cognition by focusing on intellectual traits and agents [1]. Furthermore, the field incorporates empirical findings regarding cognition to inform its normative framework [2], and the intersection of these two concepts is a specific subject of academic inquiry [3].
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Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences sk.sagepub.com 1 fact
claimVirtue epistemology is an approach to understanding the evaluative and metaphysical dimensions of cognition that emphasizes the role of cognitive agents and their intellectual traits.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimPractitioners of virtue epistemology tend to recognize the importance of empirical findings about cognition and inquiry, partly due to a predilection for naturalism and because virtue epistemology is a normative discipline that accepts a version of the "ought implies can" principle.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
referenceLauren Olin and John M. Doris examined the intersection of virtue epistemology, cognition, and skepticism in their 2014 paper 'Vicious minds: Virtue epistemology, cognition, and skepticism'.