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Virtue Epistemology

By Stephen Napier

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Virtue Epistemology

By Stephen Napier

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Contemporary epistemology debates have largely been occupied with formulating a definition of knowledge that is immune to any counterexample. To date, no definition has been able to escape unscathed. Moving away from debates about definitions, Virtue Epistemology shows what conditions are essential for knowledge and applies this account to different domains. It proposes that agents must be motivated correctly to acquire knowledge, even in the case of perception. Stephen Napier examines closely the empirical research in cognitive science and moral psychology to build an account of knowledge wherein an agent must perform acts of virtue in order to get knowledge. In so doing, Napier provides answers to two key questions: 'what is knowledge?' and 'how do we get it?'
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
184
Release Date:
2008-11-01
Publication Date:
2008-09-01
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0826497942
ISBN13:
9780826497949
Weight:
446 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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