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Robert Roberts
Also known as: Robert Roberts, Roberts
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Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 9, 1999 4 facts
perspectiveRoberts and West contend that research on cognitive biases suggests humans are best understood as manifesting natural epistemic defects, and that the goal of a cognizer should be to cultivate methods for avoiding or overcoming these defects through self-vigilance and intellectual vitality.
claimIntellectual virtues that have received less philosophical attention include intellectual generosity (Roberts & Wood 2007), epistemic temperance (Battaly 2010), open-mindedness (Adler 2004; Baehr 2011; Carter & Gordon 2014b), intellectual perseverance (King 2014b), inquisitiveness (L. Watson 2015), and curiosity (Alfano 2013a; Whitcomb 2010).
claimRobert Roberts and W. Jay Wood (2007) define intellectual humility as a striking or unusual unconcern for social importance, characterizing it as a kind of emotional insensitivity to issues of status.
referenceRoberts and Wood (2007) characterize intellectual courage and caution as virtues that dispose individuals to respond appropriately to intellectual threats, with intellectual courage functioning analogously to Aristotelian moral courage by balancing rashness and fear.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 9, 1999 4 facts
perspectiveRobert Roberts and Jay Wood (2007) argue that conventional questions and methods have eviscerated epistemology and propose that the field should instead aim to reform intellectual culture by sketching nuanced pictures of intellectual virtues using literature, history, and scripture.
claimUnlike Allan Hazlett, Robert Roberts and Jay Wood emphasize the concerns and emotions of an intellectually humble person rather than their doxastic states.
claimPhilosophers including Axtell & Carter (2008), McDowell (1994), Roberts & Wood (2007), and Zagzebski (1996, 2009) argue that epistemological terms like 'knowledge', 'evidence', 'justification', 'duty', and 'virtue' cannot be adequately defined or fully explained in purely non-normative vocabulary.
claimRoberts and Wood (2007) argue that epistemology should inspire individuals with portraits of intellectual virtues to promote cultural reformation and intellectual flourishing.
The role of Plant Foods in the evolution and Dispersal of early Humans kernsverlag.com Jul 30, 2022 2 facts
referenceRoberts et al. (2017) analyzed human stable isotope ecology and rainforest adaptations in Sri Lanka during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene periods, specifically between approximately 36,000 and 3,000 years ago.
referenceRoberts et al. (2020) provided isotopic evidence indicating initial coastal colonization and subsequent diversification in the human occupation of Wallacea.
Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimHumans are considered 'generalist specialists' because they occupy and utilize a diversity of environments while also specializing in adaptations to specific environmental extremes, as noted by Roberts and Stewart (2018).