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Vice Epistemology

Author : Ian James Kidd
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351380869
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Vice Epistemology written by Ian James Kidd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the most problematic human behaviors involve vices of the mind such as arrogance, closed-mindedness, dogmatism, gullibility, and intellectual cowardice, as well as wishful or conspiratorial thinking. What sorts of things are epistemic vices? How do we detect and mitigate them? How and why do these vices prevent us from acquiring knowledge, and what is their role in sustaining patterns of ignorance? What is their relation to implicit or unconscious bias? How do epistemic vices and systems of social oppression relate to one another? Do we unwittingly absorb such traits from the process of socialization and communities around us? Are epistemic vices traits for which we can blamed? Can there be institutional and collective epistemic vices? This book seeks to answer these important questions about the vices of the mind and their roles in our social and epistemic lives, and is the first collection of its kind. Organized into three parts, chapters by outstanding scholars explore the nature of epistemic vices, specific examples of these vices, and case studies in applied vice epistemology, including education and politics. Alongside these foundational questions, the volume offers sophisticated accounts of vices both new and familiar. These include epistemic arrogance and servility, epistemic injustice, epistemic snobbishness, conspiratorial thinking, procrastination, and forms of closed-mindedness. Vice Epistemology is essential reading for students of ethics, epistemology, and virtue theory, and various areas of applied, feminist, and social philosophy. It will also be of interest to practitioners, scholars, and activists in politics, law, and education.

Vices of the Mind

Author : Quassim Cassam
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192561634
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Vices of the Mind written by Quassim Cassam and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading philosopher Quassim Cassam introduces epistemic vices, drawing on recent political phenomena including Brexit and Trump to explore such 'vices of the mind'. Manifesting as character traits, attitudes, or thinking styles, epistemic vices prevent us from having or sharing knowledge. Cassam gives an account of the nature and importance of these vices, which include closed-mindedness, intellectual arrogance, wishful thinking, and prejudice. In providing the first extensive coverage of vice epistemology, an exciting new area of philosophical research, Vices of the Mind uses real examples drawn primarily from the world of politics to develop a compelling theory of epistemic vice. Key events such as the 2003 Iraq War and the 2016 Brexit vote, and notable figures including Donald Trump and Boris Johnson are analysed in detail to illustrate what epistemic vice looks like in the modern world. The traits covered in this landmark work include a hitherto unrecognised epistemic vice called 'epistemic insouciance'. Cassam examines both the extent to which we are responsible for our failings and the factors that make it difficult to know our own vices. If we are able to overcome self-ignorance and recognise our epistemic vices, then is there is anything we can do about them? Vices of the Mind picks up on this concern in its conclusion by detailing possible self-improvement strategies and closing with a discussion of what makes some epistemic vices resistant to change.

The Mismeasure of the Self

Author : Alessandra Tanesini
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198858833
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Mismeasure of the Self written by Alessandra Tanesini and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mismeasure of the Self is dedicated to vices that blight many lives. They are the vices of superiority, characteristic of those who feel entitled, superior and who have an inflated opinion of themselves, and those of inferiority, typical of those who are riddled with self-doubt and feel inferior. Arrogance, narcissism, haughtiness, and vanity are among the first group. Self-abasement, fatalism, servility, and timidity exemplify the second. This book shows these traits to be to vices of self-evaluation and describes their pervasive harmful effects in some detail. Even though the influence of these traits extends to any aspect of life, the focus of this book is their damaging impact on the life of the intellect. Tanesini develops and defends a view of these vices that puts vicious motivations at their core. The analyses developed in this work build on empirical research in attitude psychology and on philosophical theories in virtue ethics and epistemology. The book concludes with a positive proposal for weakening vice and promoting virtue.

The Epistemology of Resistance

Author : José Medina
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199929025
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book The Epistemology of Resistance written by José Medina and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the epistemic side of racial and sexual oppression. It elucidates how social insensitivities and imposed silences prevent members of different groups from listening to each other.

The Inquiring Mind

Author : Jason S. Baehr
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019960407X
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Inquiring Mind written by Jason S. Baehr and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Baehr presents a new theory of 'responsibilist' or character-based virtue-epistemology -- an approach in which intellectual character traits are given a central and fundamental role. He examines the nature and structure of an intellectual virtue and accounts for the role of reflection on intellectual virtues in epistemology.

Political Self-Deception

Author : Anna Elisabetta Galeotti
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108423728
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Political Self-Deception by : Anna Elisabetta Galeotti

Download or read book Political Self-Deception written by Anna Elisabetta Galeotti and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores self-deception and its consequences for political decision-making.

Epistemology

Author : W. Jay Wood
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830875069
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Epistemology written by W. Jay Wood and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-08-20 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of how we know what we know, W. Jay Wood surveys current views of foundationalism, epistemic justification and reliabilism.

Intellectual Virtues

Author : Robert C. Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199283672
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Intellectual Virtues written by Robert C. Roberts and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2007-01-11 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of the ferment of recent debates about the intellectual virtues, Roberts and Wood have developed an approach they call 'regulative epistemology'. This is partly a return to classical and medieval traditions, partly in the spirit of Locke's and Descartes's concern for intellectual formation, partly an exploration of connections between epistemology and ethics, and partly an approach that has never been tried before.Standing on the shoulders of recent epistemologists - including William Alston, Alvin Plantinga, Ernest Sosa, and Linda Zagzebski - Roberts and Wood pursue epistemological questions by looking closely and deeply at particular traits of intellectual character such as love of knowledge, intellectual autonomy, intellectual generosity, and intellectual humility. Central to their vision is an account of intellectual goods that includes not just knowledge as properly grounded belief, butunderstanding and personal acquaintance, acquired and shared through the many social practices of actual intellectual life.This approach to intellectual virtue infuses the discipline of epistemology with new life, and makes it interesting to people outside the circle of professional epistemologists. It is epistemology for the whole intellectual community, as Roberts and Wood carefully sketch the ways in which virtues that would have been categorized earlier as moral make for agents who can better acquire, refine, and communicate important kinds of knowledge.

The Philosophy of Group Polarization

Author : Fernando Broncano-Berrocal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000342867
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Group Polarization written by Fernando Broncano-Berrocal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Group polarization—the tendency of groups to incline toward more extreme positions than initially held by their individual members—has been rigorously studied by social psychologists, though in a way that has overlooked important philosophical questions. This is the first book-length treatment of group polarization from a philosophical perspective. The phenomenon of group polarization raises several important metaphysical and epistemological questions. From a metaphysical point of view, can group polarization, understood as an epistemic feature of a group, be reduced to epistemic features of its individual members? Relatedly, from an epistemological point of view, is group polarization best understood as a kind of cognitive bias or rather in terms of intellectual vice? This book compares four models that combine potential answers to the metaphysical and epistemological questions. The models considered are: group polarization as (i) a collective bias; (ii) a summation of individual epistemic vices; (iii) a summation of individual biases; and (iv) a collective epistemic vice. Ultimately, the authors defend a collective vice model of group polarization over the competing alternatives. The Philosophy of Group Polarization will be of interest to students and researchers working in epistemology, particularly those working on social epistemology, collective epistemology, social ontology, virtue epistemology, and distributed cognition. It will also be of interest to those working on issues in political epistemology, applied epistemology, and on topics at the intersection of epistemology and ethics.

Political Epistemology

Author : Elizabeth Edenberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192893335
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Political Epistemology written by Elizabeth Edenberg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edited collection to explore one of the most rapidly growing area of philosophy: political epistemology. The volume brings together leading philosophers to explore ways in which the analytic and conceptual tools of epistemology bear on political philosophy--and vice versa.

A Defense of Ignorance

Author : Cynthia Townley
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739151053
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book A Defense of Ignorance written by Cynthia Townley and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops new ideas in feminist epistemology by exploring diverse and sometimes positive roles for ignorance. The author argues that epistemic values cannot simply be reduced to the value of increasing knowledge and that ignorance is not merely inescapable for epistemic agents, but, rather, is valuable. She shows that ignorance-friendly epistemology offers a better descriptive and normative account of human epistemic practices. --publisher.

Virtues of the Mind

Author : Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521578264
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (782 download)

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Book Synopsis Virtues of the Mind by : Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski

Download or read book Virtues of the Mind written by Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-09-13 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable book is the first attempt to establish a theory of knowledge based on the model of virtue theory in ethics.

Connecting Virtues: Advances in Ethics, Epistemology, and Political Philosophy

Author : Michel Croce
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119525691
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Book Synopsis Connecting Virtues: Advances in Ethics, Epistemology, and Political Philosophy by : Michel Croce

Download or read book Connecting Virtues: Advances in Ethics, Epistemology, and Political Philosophy written by Michel Croce and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connecting Virtues examines the significant advances within the fast-growing field of virtue theory and shows how research has contributed to the current debates in moral philosophy, epistemology, and political philosophy. Includes groundbreaking chapters offering cutting-edge research on the topic of the virtues Provides insights into the application of the topic of virtue, such as the role of intellectual virtues, virtuous dispositions, and the value of some neglected virtues for political philosophy Examines the relevance of the virtues in the current debates in social epistemology, the epistemology of education, and civic education Features work from world-leading and internationally recognized philosophers working on the virtues today

Normativity

Author : Conor McHugh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198758707
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Normativity written by Conor McHugh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What should I do? What should I think? Traditionally, ethicists tackle the first question, while epistemologists tackle the second. This volume is innovative in drawing together issues from epistemology and ethics and in exploring neglected connections between epistemic and practical normativity.

Social Virtue Epistemology

Author : Mark Alfano
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000607305
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Social Virtue Epistemology written by Mark Alfano and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 19 chapters, all appearing in print here for the first time and written by an international team of established and emerging scholars, explores the place of intellectual virtues and vices in a social world. Relevant virtues include open-mindedness, curiosity, intellectual courage, diligence in inquiry, and the like. Relevant vices include dogmatism, need for immediate certainty, and gullibility and the like. The chapters are divided into four key sections: Foundational Issues; Individual Virtues; Collective Virtues; and Methods and Measurements. And the chapters explore the most salient questions in this areas of research, including: How are individual intellectual virtues and vices affected by their social contexts? Does being in touch with other open-minded people make us more open-minded? Conversely, does connection to other dogmatic people make us more dogmatic? Can groups possess virtues and vices distinct from those of their members? For instance, could a group of dogmatic individuals operate in an open-minded way despite the vices of its members? Each chapter receives commentary from two other authors in the volume, and each original author then replies to these commentaries. Together, the authors form part of a collective conversation about how we can know about what we know. In so doing, they not only theorize but enact social virtue epistemology.

The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Philosophy of Science

Author : Sharon Crasnow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429018215
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Philosophy of Science written by Sharon Crasnow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Philosophy of Science is a comprehensive resource for feminist thinking about and in the sciences. Its 33 chapters were written exclusively for this Handbook by a group of leading international philosophers as well as scholars in gender studies, women’s studies, psychology, economics, and political science. The chapters of the Handbook are organized into four main parts: I. Hidden Figures and Historical Critique II. Theoretical Frameworks III. Key Concepts and Issues IV. Feminist Philosophy of Science in Practice. The chapters in this extensive, fourth part examine the relevance of feminist philosophical thought for a range of scientific and professional disciplines, including biology and biomedical sciences; psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience; the social sciences; physics; and public policy. The Handbook gives a snapshot of the current state of feminist philosophy of science, allowing students and other newcomers to get up to speed quickly in the subfield and providing a handy reference for many different kinds of researchers.

The Routledge Handbook of Political Epistemology

Author : Michael Hannon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000371921
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Political Epistemology written by Michael Hannon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As political discourse had been saturated with the ideas of "post-truth", "fake news", "epistemic bubbles", and "truth decay", it was no surprise that in 2017 The New Scientist declared: "Philosophers of knowledge, your time has come." Political epistemology has old roots, but is now one of the most rapidly growing and important areas of philosophy. The Routledge Handbook of Political Epistemology is an outstanding reference source to this exciting field, and the first collection of its kind. Comprising 41 chapters by an international team of contributors, it is divided into seven parts: Politics and truth: historical and contemporary perspectives Political disagreement and polarization Fake news, propaganda, and misinformation Ignorance and irrationality in politics Epistemic virtues and vices in politics Democracy and epistemology Trust, expertise, and doubt. Within these sections crucial issues and debates are examined, including: post-truth, disagreement and relativism, epistemic networks, fake news, echo chambers, propaganda, ignorance, irrationality, political polarization, virtues and vices in public debate, epistocracy, expertise, misinformation, trust, and digital democracy, as well as the views of Plato, Aristotle, Mòzǐ, medieval Islamic philosophers, Mill, Arendt, and Rawls on truth and politics. The Routledge Handbook of Political Epistemology is essential reading for those studying political philosophy, applied and social epistemology, and politics. It is also a valuable resource for those in related disciplines such as international relations, law, political psychology, political science, communication studies, and journalism.