Table Of ContentVIRTUE THEORETIC EPISTEMOLOGY
Virtue epistemology is one of the most flourishing research pro-
grammes in contemporary epistemology. Its defining thesis is that
properties of agents and groups are the primary focus of epistemic
theorising. Within virtue epistemology two key strands can be
distinguished: virtue reliabilism, which focuses on agent properties
that are strongly truth-conducive, such as perceptual and inferential
abilities of agents; and virtue responsibilism, which focuses on
intellectual virtues in the sense of character traits of agents, such as
open-mindedness and intellectual courage. This volume brings
togethertennewchaptersonvirtueepistemology,withcontributions
tobothitskeystrands,writtenbyleadingauthorsinthefield.Itwill
advance the state of the art and provide readers with a valuable
overview of what virtue epistemology has achieved.
isaseniorlecturerinphilosophyattheUniversity
of Glasgow. He is the author of Good Thinking: A Knowledge First
VirtueEpistemology()andwinneroftheYoungEpistemol-
ogistPrize.
holds the McDevitt Chair in Philosophy at George-
town University. His publications include Achieving Knowledge:
A Virtue-Theoretic Account of Epistemic Normativity (Cambridge,
)andTheTransmissionofKnowledge(Cambridge,forthcoming).
VIRTUE THEORETIC
EPISTEMOLOGY
New Methods and Approaches
CHRISTOPH KELP
UniversityofGlasgow
JOHN GRECO
GeorgetownUniversity
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Contents
List of Figures page vii
List of Contributors viii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction: Virtue Theoretic Epistemology
Christoph Kelp
Closed-Mindedness As an Intellectual Vice
Heather Battaly
Epistemic Virtues and Virtues with Epistemic Content
Cameron Boult, Christoph Kelp, Johanna Schnurr and Mona Simion
Difficulty and Knowledge
Fernando Broncano-Berrocal
What Is Epistemic Entitlement? Reliable Competence,
Reasons, Inference, Access
Peter J.Graham
Knowledge-Producing Abilities
JohnGreco
Virtue Epistemology, Two Kinds of Internalism, and the
Intelligibility Problem
Jonathan L. Kvanvig
Knowledge Is Extrinsically Apt Belief: Virtue Epistemology
and the Temporal Objection
AnneMeylan
Explaining Knowledge
Alan Millar
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Anti-risk Virtue Epistemology
Duncan Pritchard
Responsibilism within Reason
Kurt Sylvan
Index
Figures
. A decision-tree and the scope of entitlement page
. A decision-tree and inference
. The environments on Earth and Twin Earth
. Epistemic Twin Earth
. Metaphysical picture of intrinsic and extrinsic properties
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Contributors
Heather Battaly, Professor of Philosophy, University of Connecticut
Cameron Boult, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Brandon University
Fernando Broncano-Berrocal, Talent Attraction Fellow, Autonomous
University of Madrid
PeterJ.Graham,ProfessorofPhilosophy,UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside
John Greco, Robert and Catherine McDevitt Chair in Philosophy,
Georgetown University
Christoph Kelp, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Glasgow
Jonathan L. Kvanvig, Professor of Philosophy, Washington University,
St Louis
Anne Meylan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Zurich
Alan Millar, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Stirling
Duncan Pritchard, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of
California, Irvine and Chair in Epistemology, University of Edinburgh
Johanna Schnurr, Lecturer in Philosophy, Jesus College, Oxford
Mona Simion, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Glasgow
Kurt Sylvan, Associate Professor in Philosophy, University of
Southampton
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank our contributors to the volume for their good
work and patience throughout the process. We would also like to thank
Hal Churchman and Stephanie Taylor at Cambridge University Press for
theirworkandsupportfortheproject,aswellasYassarAbdulnasserforhis
work on production and Elizabeth Stone for her work on copy-editing.
Finally, many thanks to Haicheng Zhao for creating the index.
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