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Truth and understanding are linked as primary epistemic goals within virtue epistemology, where they are both identified as ultimate ends of intellectual virtues [1], [2], and as key values pursued by both virtue reliabilists [3] and virtue responsibilists [4].
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Virtue Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 3 facts
claimLinda Zagzebski categorizes intellectual ends into ultimate or final ends, such as truth and understanding, and proximate or immediate ends.
claimVirtue responsibilists focus on traits such as being reflective, fair-minded, perseverant, intellectually careful, and thorough, which increase the likelihood of achieving truth and understanding.
claimVirtue reliabilists focus on cognitive qualities that serve as effective means to achieving epistemic values such as truth and understanding.
Virtue epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
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.