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Author : Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski
Release : 1996-09-13
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 264/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Virtues of the Mind by : Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski
Download or read book Virtues of the Mind written by Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski. This book was released on 1996-09-13. 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.
Author : Jason S. Baehr
Release : 2011-06-30
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 07X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Inquiring Mind by : Jason S. Baehr
Download or read book The Inquiring Mind written by Jason S. Baehr. This book was released on 2011-06-30. 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.
Author : Nathan L. King
Release : 2021
Genre : Character
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Book Rating : 25X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Excellent Mind by : Nathan L. King
Download or read book The Excellent Mind written by Nathan L. King. This book was released on 2021. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What makes for a good education? What does one need to count as well-educated? Knowledge, to be sure. But knowledge is easily forgotten, and today's knowledge may be obsolete tomorrow. Skills, particularly in critical thinking, are crucial as well. But absent the right motivation, graduates may fail to put their skills to good use. In this book, Nathan King argues that intellectual virtues-traits like curiosity, intellectual humility, honesty, intellectual courage, and open-mindedness-are central to any education worthy of the name. Further, such virtues are crucial to our functioning well in everyday life, in areas as diverse as personal relationships, responsible citizenship, civil discourse, and personal success. Our struggles in these areas often result from a failure to think virtuously. Drawing upon recent work in philosophy and psychology, King paints a portrait of virtuous intellectual character-and of the vices such a character opposes. Filled with examples and applications, this book introduces readers to the intellectual virtues: what they are, why they matter, and how we can grow in them"--
Author : Philip E. Dow
Release : 2013-03-06
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 335/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Virtuous Minds by : Philip E. Dow
Download or read book Virtuous Minds written by Philip E. Dow. This book was released on 2013-03-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher-administrator Philip Dow explores the implications of setting intellectual character (rather than intellectual content) at the heart of our educational programs. With ample stories and practical suggestions, Dow shows how intellectual virtues like tenacity, carefulness and curiosity are teachable traits that can produce good lives.
Author : Robert C. Roberts
Release : 2007-01-11
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 672/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Intellectual Virtues by : Robert C. Roberts
Download or read book Intellectual Virtues written by Robert C. Roberts. This book was released on 2007-01-11. 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.
