A Virtue Epistemology: Apt Belief and Reflective Knowledge, Volume I

by Ernest Sosa

Overview

A Virtue Epistemology presents a new approach to some of the oldest and most gripping problems of philosophy, those of knowledge and skepticism. Ernest Sosa argues for two levels of knowledge, the animal and the reflective, each viewed as a distinctive human accomplishment. By adopting a kind of virtue epistemology in line with the tradition found in Aristotle, Aquinas, Reid, and especially Descartes, he presents an account of knowledge which can be used to shed light on different varieties of skepticism, the nature and status of intuitions, and epistemic normativity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199297023
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/23/2007
Series:	Apt Belief and Reflective Knowledge
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	8.67(w) x 6.65(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Ernest Sosa is Professor of Philosohpy at Rutgers University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Two-volume workPreface and acknowledgements1. Lecture One: Dreams and Philosophy2. Lecture Two: A Virtue Epistemology3. Lecture Three: Intuitions4. Lecutre Four: Epistemic Normativity5. Lecture Five: Virtue, Luck, and Credit6. Lecture Six: The Problem of the Criterion

Editorial Reviews

"Those interested in Sosa's epistemology will find it presented more clearly and in more detail herein than anywhere else."—N.D. Smith, CHOICE

"If you are interested enough in epistemology to be reading this review, then you must read the marvelous book being reviewed.... His virtue epistemology provides an answer to the question what knowledge is..."—Ram Neta, otre Dame Philosophical Reviews

"Arguably the single-most important monograph to be published in analytic epistemology in the last ten years.... A Virtue Epistemology is an outstanding book and a tremendous contribution to the field."—Heather Battaly, Analysis Reviews

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