It is argued that there are two ‘master’ intuitions about knowledgean anti-luck intuition and an ability intuitionand that these impose distinct epistemic demands. It is claimed that recognising this fact leads one towards a new proposal in the theory of knowledgeanti-luck virtue epistemologywhich can avoid the problems that afflict other theories of knowledge. This proposal is motivated in...

With the consistent development of Internet industry and rapid expansion netizens’ scale, influence on public their attitudes towards society becomes more profound. As a platform for discussion communication, is also an imperative way to shape attitude civil society. By virtue CGSS data, this paper explores how frequency ability use affect citizens’ social via multiple linear regression factor ...

virtue epistemology is a class of recent approaches to epistemologythat, in contrast with analytic epistemology, focuses on epistemicevaluation of persons’ properties, rather than properties of beliefs.this paper seeks to explain the nature of virtue epistemology as wellas its main approaches. explaining the nature of epistemic virtue as areliable belief-forming faculty and the character traits...

The proponents of cyberspace promise that online discourse will increase political participation and pave the road for a democratic utopia. This article explores the potential for civil discourse in cyberspace by examining the level of civility in 287 discussion threads in political newsgroups. While scholars often use civility and politeness interchangeably, this study argues that this conflat...

History presents many examples of men and women who find themselves in a position of having to disobey civil law. The motives for such disobedience can only be founded on moral conscience, as influenced by other laws - immutable and recognized as true. The author studies the historical context of the appearance, during the Age of the Enlightenment, of a new concept: tolerance. Ceasing to repres...