Unity As An Epistemic Virtue

Epistemic Courage and Epistemic Virtue

Epistemic Virtue from the Viewpoints of Mulla Sadra and Zagzebski

This paper compares epistemic virtue from the viewpoints of Zagzebski and Mulla Sadra, aiming to determine the extent to which their viewpoints on epistemic virtue are similar. Zagzebski, the contemporary philosopher, considers epistemic virtue as the basis on which knowledge is interpreted. She sees epistemic virtue as a requirement for achieving knowledge. Mulla Sadra, the founder of Transcen...

Belief Utility as an Explanatory Virtue

Our beliefs guide our actions. But do potential actions also guide our beliefs? Three experiments tested whether people use pragmatist principles in fixing their beliefs, by examining situations in which the evidence is indeterminate between an innocuous and a dire explanation that necessitate different actions. According to classical decision theory, a person should favor a prudent course of a...

Perseverance as an Intellectual Virtue Nathan

Much recent work in epistemology has focused on the analysis of cognitive character traits. These traits comprise an important kind of intellectual virtue. 1 Among the intellectual virtues that have received extended treatment in the literature are responsibility, conscientiousness, honesty, courage, open-mindedness, firmness, humility, charity, and wisdom. 2 To my knowledge, no philosopher has...

epistemic virtue from the viewpoints of mulla sadra and zagzebski

this paper compares epistemic virtue from the viewpoints of zagzebski and mulla sadra, aiming to determine the extent to which their viewpoints on epistemic virtue are similar. zagzebski, the contemporary philosopher, considers epistemic virtue as the basis on which knowledge is interpreted. she sees epistemic virtue as a requirement for achieving knowledge. mulla sadra, the founder of transcen...