The epistemic virtues, as identified by virtue epistemologists, reflect their contention that belief is an ethical process, and thus susceptible to the intellectual virtue or vice of one's own life and personal experiences. Virtue epistemology is a contemporary philosophical approach to Epistemology that stresses the importance of intellectual (epistemic virtues Virtue ( Latin virtus; Greek) is moral Excellence. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting individual The software program VICE (all caps standing for V ersat' I' le C ommodore E mulator, is an Emulator for Commodore Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with the question "How do we know?" Some epistemic virtues have been identified by W. Epistemology (from Greek επιστήμη - episteme, "knowledge" + λόγος, " Logos " or theory of knowledge Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Jay Wood, based on research into the medieval tradition. The list below substantially overlaps with his.
- attentiveness
- circumspection
- coachability
- creativity
- curiosity
- discernment
- discretion
- foresight
- intellectual honesty
- intellectual humility
- imaginativeness
- interpretive sensitivity
- objectivity
- perceptiveness
- prudence/practical wisdom
- studiousness
- tenacity
- truthfulness
- understanding
- wisdom
- warrant
Note that in this context curiosity bears the modern connotation of inquisitiveness, in contrast to the medieval connotation of attraction to unwholesome things. Creativity is a mental process involving the generation of new Ideas or Concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts Honesty is the human quality of communicating and acting Truthfully related to Truth as a value Humility, or being humble, is the defining characteristic of an unpretentious and modest person someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important Objectivity is both an important and very difficult concept to pin down in philosophy Prudence (latprudentia is classically considered to be a Virtue, and indeed one of the Cardinal Virtues. Understanding (also called intellection) is a psychological Process related to an abstract or physical object such as Person, situation or Wisdom is a concept of personal gaining of Knowledge, Understanding, Experience, discretion and intuitive understanding, along with a capacity
These can be contrasted to the epistemic vices such as:
- close-mindedness
- curiosity [see below]
- intellectual dishonesty
- dogmatism
- epistemic blindness
- folly
- gullibility
- obtuseness
- self-deception
- superficiality of thought
- superstition
- willful naïveté
- wishful thinking
Note that in this context curiosity bears the medieval connotation of attraction to unwholesome things, in contrast to the positive studious (or perhaps inquisitive). Intellectual dishonesty is the advocacy of a position which the advocate knows or believes to be false or is the advocacy of a position which the advocate does not know to be true and Dogma (the plural is either dogmata or dogmas, Greek, plural) is the established Belief or Superstition ( Latin superstitio, literally "standing over" derived perhaps from standing in awe used in Latin as a unreasonable or excessive belief
See also
External links
- Virtue Epistemology by John Greco
- The Crisis in Contemporary Epistemology by W. Intellectual virtues are character traits necessary for right action and correct thinking In Psychology, egocentrism is defined as a the incomplete differentiation of the self and the world including other people and b the tendency to perceive understand and interpret Jay Wood
- Is Inclusion an Epistemic Virtue? by Harvey Siegel
- Review of James Montmarquet's Epistemic Virtue and Doxastic Responsibility by Jonathan L. Akrasia ( ancient Greek, "lacking command (over oneself" occasionally transliterated as acrasia, is the state of acting against one's better judgment Kvanvig
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