Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 12 facts
referenceVictor DiFate authored the entry 'Evidence' for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, which was archived on June 25, 2021.
claimEmma C. Gordon authored the entry "Understanding in Epistemology" for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
claimChristopher R. Green authored the entry "Epistemology of Testimony" for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy in 2022.
claimChase B. Wrenn authored the entry 'Naturalistic Epistemology' for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
claimNathalie Gontier authored the entry "Evolutionary Epistemology" for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
claimMark Owen Webb authored the entry 'Jain Philosophy' for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
referenceSharon Kaye authored the entry 'Ockham (Occam), William of' for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
referenceBradley Dowden and Norman Swartz authored the entry 'Truth' for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, which was archived on August 22, 2024.
referenceKevin M. DeLapp authored the entry 'Metaethics' for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, which was archived on January 23, 2024.
referenceJason S. Baehr authored the entry 'A Priori and A Posteriori' for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
referenceMatthew R. Dasti authored the entry 'Nyaya' for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, which was archived on October 4, 2012.
referenceJason S. Baehr authored the entry 'Virtue Epistemology' for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Virtue Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 12 facts
perspectiveThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article asserts that both virtue responsibilists and virtue reliabilists have valid claims to the concept of intellectual virtue because both groups focus on genuine and important intellectual excellences.
referenceThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Virtue Epistemology cites Ernest Sosa's 1980 article 'The Raft and the Pyramid: Coherence versus Foundations in the Theory of Knowledge' as a key reference in the field.
perspectiveThe author of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry argues that the questions identified by James Montmarquet regarding intellectual virtue are more appropriate for the subject matter of ethics than for epistemology.
accountIn the clock example provided by the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a person forms a true belief about the time from a stopped clock that is usually reliable; this is not considered knowledge because the truth is reached through a stroke of good luck rather than virtuous motive or activity.
claimThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy suggests that if Ernest Sosa's criticisms of traditional coherentist and foundationalist views and his positive proposal are plausible, virtue reliabilism can address significant problems in contemporary epistemology.
referenceThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Virtue Epistemology cites Christopher Hookway's 1994 article 'Cognitive Virtues and Epistemic Evaluations' as a key reference in the field.
referenceThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Virtue Epistemology cites Alvin Plantinga's 1993 book 'Warrant and Proper Function' as a key reference in the field.
perspectiveThe author of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry argues that James Montmarquet's view of epistemic justification is problematic because it is possible to be justified without exercising virtuous intellectual character traits.
perspectiveThe author of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry argues that while Lorraine Code identified an important insight about the value of intellectual virtues, this insight lacks the theoretical implications necessary to motivate an alternative approach to epistemology.
referenceThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Virtue Epistemology cites John Greco's 2002 work 'Virtues in Epistemology' as a key reference in the field.
referenceThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Virtue Epistemology cites James Montmarquet's 1993 book 'Epistemic Virtue and Doxastic Responsibility' as a key reference in the field.
referenceThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Virtue Epistemology cites Linda Zagzebski's 1996 book 'Virtues of the Mind' as a key reference in the field.
Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 7 facts
claimThe epistemology of testimony article in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy defines testimony for its purposes using the rough formulation: 'T told S that p'.
referenceThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy categorizes epistemological views on testimony based on conditions for the testifier (T-side) and the recipient (S-side), identifying four categories: Reductionism (demanding on both sides), Anti-Reductionism (demanding on T-side, less demanding on S-side), and other variations involving thinkers such as Audi, Fricker, Lackey, Burge, Plantinga, Ross, Welbourne, Goldberg, Graham, and Green.
claimThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on the Epistemology of Testimony adopts the working definition of testimony as "T told S that p" to navigate disputes regarding the exact nature of testimony.
perspectiveThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on the Epistemology of Testimony classifies approaches to testimonially-based justification as "Liberal" or "Conservative," where Liberals are less demanding and Conservatives are more demanding regarding what counts as justified belief or knowledge.
claimThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on the Epistemology of Testimony focuses on the general epistemology of testimony rather than the specific epistemology of human testimony.
claimElizabeth Fricker is considered a recent addition to the preservationist camp in the epistemology of testimony according to the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
perspectiveThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy notes that various characterizations of testimony—such as assurance, epistemic agency, transfer of reasons, and passing the epistemic buck—are not necessarily mutually exclusive and could all be true simultaneously.
Epistemic Justification – Introduction to Philosophy: Epistemology press.rebus.community 6 facts
referencePeter D. Klein and John Turri authored the entry 'Infinitism in Epistemology' for The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
referenceTed Poston authored the entry 'Internalism and Externalism in Epistemology' for The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
referenceDaniel M. Mittag authored the entry 'Evidentialism' for The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
referenceKenneth Boyce authored the entry 'Proper Functionalism' for The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
referenceMichael Sudduth authored the entry 'Defeaters in Epistemology' for The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
referencePeter Murphy authored the entry 'Coherentism in Epistemology' for The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 5 facts
referenceRocco J. Gennaro authored the entry 'Consciousness' for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
referenceDavid Skrbina authored the entry 'Panpsychism' for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
referenceJosh Weisberg authored the entry 'The hard problem of consciousness' for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by James Fieser and Bradley Dowden.
referenceThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy maintains an entry titled 'Hard Problem of Consciousness'.
referenceScott Calef authored the entry 'Dualism and Mind' for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy in 2014.
Critique of Panpsychism: Philosophical Coherence and Scientific ... thequran.love May 7, 2025 1 fact
referenceThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on 'Panpsychism' by D. Skrbina provides a historical survey of the topic, quotes Leibniz and other thinkers, and identifies panpsychism as a 'third way' between dualism and materialism.
Naturalized epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
referenceThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by James Fieser and Bradley Dowden, contains an entry titled "Naturalized epistemology."
Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
accountIn the clock example provided by the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, an individual forms a justified belief about the time by looking at a stopped clock that happens to show the correct time, illustrating that justified true belief can involve luck and fall short of knowledge.
Virtue epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
referenceThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by James Fieser and Bradley Dowden, contains an entry titled 'Virtue epistemology' (ISSN 2161-0002, OCLC 37741658).