Avoiding the Conflation of Moral and Intellectual Virtues
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DOI: 10.1007/s10677-017-9843-9
Abstract: One of the most pressing challenges facing virtue theorists is the conflation problem. This problem concerns the difficulty of explaining the distinction between different types of virtue, such as the distinction between moral virtues and… read more here.
Keywords: conflation moral; intellectual virtues; avoiding conflation; conflation ... See more keywords
The Platonic conception of intellectual virtues: its significance for virtue epistemology
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-019-02189-7
Abstract: Several contemporary virtue scholars (e.g. Zagzebski in Virtues of the mind: an inquiry into the nature of virtue and the ethical foundations of knowledge, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996; Kvanvig in The intellectual virtues and… read more here.
Keywords: intellectual virtues; virtue; epistemology; platonic conception ... See more keywords
Intellectual virtues and the epistemic value of truth
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-019-02418-z
Abstract: The idea that truth is the fundamental epistemic good is explained and defended. It is argued that this proposal has been prematurely rejected on grounds that are both independently problematic and which also turn on… read more here.
Keywords: intellectual virtues; truth; virtues epistemic; epistemic value ... See more keywords
The Pedagogy of a Classroom for Intellectual Virtues
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DOI: 10.1017/epi.2023.17
Abstract: Educating for intellectual virtue is a form of character education that aims for students to develop intellectual virtues, such as intellectual courage, humility, tenacity, honesty, curiosity, attentiveness, and open-mindedness. Recently, Kotzee et al. (2021) argued… read more here.
Keywords: kotzee 2021; pedagogy classroom; virtues classroom; classroom intellectual ... See more keywords
A Virtue Epistemology of the Internet: Search Engines, Intellectual Virtues and Education
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DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2017.1383530
Abstract: Abstract This paper applies a virtue epistemology approach to using the Internet, as to improve our information-seeking behaviours. Virtue epistemology focusses on the cognitive character of agents and is less concerned with the nature of… read more here.
Keywords: search engines; intellectual virtues; epistemology internet; epistemology ... See more keywords