{"product_id":"9781461638544","title":"Knowledge, Belief, and Character: Readings in Contemporary Virtue Epistemology","description":"There have been many books over the past decade, including outstanding collections of essays, on the topic of the ethical virtues and virtue-theoretic approaches in ethics. But the professional journals of philosophy have only recently seen a strong and growing interest in the \u003ci\u003eintellectual\u003c\/i\u003e virtues and in the development of virtue-theoretic approaches in \u003ci\u003eepistemology\u003c\/i\u003e. There have been four single-authored book length treatments of issues of virtue epistemology over the last seven years, beginning with Ernest Sosa's \u003ci\u003eKnowledge in Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eCambridge\u003c\/i\u003e, 1991), and extending to Linda Zabzebski's \u003ci\u003eVirtue of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eCambridge\u003c\/i\u003e, 1996).\u003cbr\u003e Weighing in with Jonathan Kvanvig's \u003ci\u003eThe Intellectual Virtues and the Life of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), and James Montmarquet's \u003ci\u003eEpistemic Virtue and Doxastic Responsibility\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), Rowman\u0026amp;Littlefield has had a particularly strong interest in the direction and growth of the field. To date, there has been no collection of articles directly devoted to the growing debate over the possibility and potential of a virtue epistemology. This volume exists in the belief that there is now a timely opportunity to gather together the best contributions of the influential authors working in this growing area of epistemological research, and to create a collection of essays as a useful course text and research source.\u003cbr\u003e Several of the articles included in the volume are previously unpublished. Several essays discuss the range and general approach of \u003ci\u003evirtue theory\u003c\/i\u003e in comparison with other general accounts. What advantages are supposed to accrue from a virtue-based account in epistemology, in handling well-known problems such as \"Gettier,\" and \"Evil-Genie\"-type problems? Can reliabilist virtue epistemology handle skeptical challenges more satisfactorily than non-virtue-centered forms of epistemic reliabilism? Others provide a needed discussion of relevant analogies and disanalogies between ethical and epistemic evaluation. The readings all contribute","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161677971696,"sku":"9781461638544","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781461638544_p0.jpg?v=1769889522","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781461638544","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}