This week were discussing a selection from virtues of the mind. Designing a complex curriculumreflections on knowledge, understanding, concepts and skills if we are to develop an emergentist curriculum, as suggested in the last post, we need to make room for the emergence of meaning within the seminar room. At the core of the book lies a form of virtue theory based on the emotions. This book is a collection of articles about epistemology. That makes it all the more striking that virtually every major epistemologist who has thought seriously about the nature of understandingincluding catherine elgin 1996, linda zagzebski 2001, and jonathan kvanvig 2003has come to the conclusion that understanding is not a species of knowledge. Mar 27, 2008 linda zagzebski has produced a very impressive, historicallyinformed introduction to the philosophy of religion. Zagzebski author of essentials of ultrasound physics. If all i have to go on morally are my own moral intuitions and reasoning and those of others, i am rationally led to skepticism, both about the possibility of moral knowledge and about my moral effectiveness. In order to understand a form of religion or literature, marx holds, you must a immerse yourself in the culture of that form of life b understand the material conditions in which it is produced c get inside the minds of those who participate d know the history of those phenomena. Jul 08, 2008 in on epistemology linda zagzebski situates epistemological questions within the broader framework of what we care about and why we care about it.
What is achieved in this book is actually something quite rare. The dilemma of freedom and foreknowledge1996 recovering understanding inknowledge, truth, and duty2003 the incarnation and virtue ethics inthe incarnation2003. From epistemology to cognitive virtue ethics, wheaton philosophy conference, 1995 comment on steve schultz, from jerusalem to athens. Mar 10, 2002 linda zagzebskis essay, recovering understanding, is an example of the way a virtue epistemologist evaluates and analyses an epistemic virtue. The book develops the concept of an intellectual virtue, and then shows how the concept can be used to give an account of the major concepts in. How is a 2007 book by dov seidman dealing with the topics of organizational behavior, leadership, and moral philosophy. She writes in the areas of epistemology, philosophy of religion, and virtue theory. After distinguishing two kinds of understanding, namely, teleological and. Zagzebski s book provides a much appreciated addition to the landscape of contemporary moral theory. Containing the fruits of recent study on virtue epistemology, this volume offers a superb selection of contributorsincluding robert audi, simon blackburn, richard foley, alvin goldman, hilary kornblith, keith lehrer, ernest sosa, and linda zagzebskiwhose work brings epistemology into.
Since 2011, seidman has also written the how column, which has appeared in several publications and previously appeared in business week. The origin of the concept of knowledge book precis whitney schwab supported by a national endowment for the humanities fellowship for ay 201718 the idea that plato and aristotle analyzed knowledge, in the sense still discussed by modernday epistemologists, enjoys wide acceptance among both scholars of ancient philosophy and contemporary. Exemplarist moral theory hardcover linda zagzebski. Exemplarist moral theory by linda zagzebski nook book. Citing the work of plato and aristotle on understanding, zagzebski offers an account that takes understandings object to be structures of realitythat is, objects like pieces of art or. Mar 20, 2014 understanding virtue and the virtue of understanding. Virtue epistemology stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. On the place of the virtues in contemporary epistemology jonathan kvanvig 375 index 395. David bourget 2017 philosophy and phenomenological research 95 2. Containing the fruits of recent study on virtue epistemology, this volume offers a superb selection of contributorsincluding robert audi, simon blackburn, richard foley, alvin goldman, hilary kornblith, keith lehrer, ernest sosa, and linda zagzebski whose work brings epistemology into dialogue with everyday issues. An inquiry into the nature of virtue and the ethical foundations of knowledge, a groundbreaking book by the philosopher linda zagzebski when it was published in 1996. Taking this to be the defining characteristic, proposes that understanding is a state of comprehending. The first two essays in part i, written by susan haack and bruce russell, examine the relation between epistemic and moral duty.
In exemplarist moral theory, exemplars are identified through the emotion of admiration. Zagzebski is the author of essentials of ultrasound physics 4. Linda zagzebski ntis essay presents a moral argument for the rationality of theistic belief. In the introduction, steup provides a summary of each of the essays as well as a brief account of his defense of doxastic involuntarism. Widely regarded as one of the foremost figures in contemporary philosophy of religion, this book by linda zagzebski is a major contribution to ethical theory and theological ethics. Moral understanding, emulation, and resentment featuring dr. Some argue that understanding is a special mental state, distinct from knowledge. Education for political citizenship and the christian liberal arts. It provides the ultimate articulation of his account of explanatory understanding that i am sure will be regarded as one of the landmark publications on the topic of scientific understanding. Education for political citizenship and the christian liberal arts, westmont phi kappa phi lecture, spring 1994. Linda zagzebski university of oklahoma, september 27, 2016 at. Understanding, explanation, and scientific knowledge by.
Linda zagzebskis essay, recovering understanding, is an example of the way a virtue epistemologist evaluates and analyses an epistemic virtue. We explain why philosophers have turned their attention to. Linda zagzebski has produced a very impressive, historicallyinformed introduction to the philosophy of religion. This volume is divided into six parts, all of which bear, more or less directly, on issues having to do with epistemic justification, responsibility, and virtue. This remarkable book is the first attempt to establish a theory of knowledge based on the model of virtue theory in ethics. Follow linda trinkaus zagzebski and explore their bibliography from s linda trinkaus zagzebski author page. According to gettier, the traditional definition of knowledge as justified true belief is insufficient11. Others argue that it is a special kind of knowledge.
In this book linda zagzebski presents an original moral theory based on direct reference to exemplars of goodness, modeled on the putnamkripke theory which revolutionized semantics in the seventies. At the core of the book lies a form of virtue theory. Linda zagzebski, recovering understanding philpapers. Greco 2009, 2012 and sosa 2003, 2007 contend that knowledge is a kind of achievementintellectual success through ability, for which the knower is creditable. In more than a few passages, the moral exemplars zagzebski describes are indeed emotionally stirring and morally elevating proof positive of the power of exemplarity.
The current debate centres on linda zagzebskis virtues of the mind, a book that claims to have resolved the epistemic problems posed by edmund gettier in 196310. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. And in general, success through virtue is more valuable than mere success, especially accidental success. Linda zagzebski makes a similar point in her recovering understanding in matthias steup ed. The origin of the concept of knowledge whitney schwab.
The stated objective of catherine elgins latest book, true enough, is to develop a holistic epistemology that accommodates the cognitive contributions of scie we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Because we are selfconscious, we reflect upon our own conscious states, not because we are especially interested in ourselves, but because we think. The previous chapter reached the furthest limits of what is possible in the way of mathematical knowledge with the cognitive skills of animals and infants. The book develops the concept of an intellectual virtue, and then shows how the concept can be used to give an account of the major concepts in epistemology, including the concept of knowledge. Zagzebskis book provides a much appreciated addition to the landscape of contemporary moral theory. In exemplarist moral theory, exemplars are identified through the emotion of admiration, which zagzebski argues is both a motivating emotion and an emotion whose cognitive content permits the. The motive for truth in our epistemic lives i assume that a selfconscious being is both conscious of the world and conscious of itself being conscious of the world. Linda trinkaus zagzebski born 1946 is an american philosopher. They include overviews of the field, investigations of the nature of knowledge, reflections on the value of knowledge, examinations of credit. Questions of value shape all of the above questions and explain some significant philosophical trends. A theory of trust, authority, and autonomy in belief 2012 is the preemption thesis for epistemic authority. In on epistemology linda zagzebski situates epistemological questions within the broader framework of what we care about and why we care about it. Trent dougherty 2011 southern journal of philosophy 49 1. Essays on epistemic justification, responsibility, and virtue oxford.
Comment on linda zagzebski, recovering understanding. Understanding virtue and the virtue of understanding. She is a george lynn cross research professor, and kingfisher college chair of the philosophy of religion and ethics at the university of oklahoma. Indeed, linda zagzebski has been spearheading a recovery of many aristotelian doctrines in contemporary epistemology, most notably the virtue of phronesis14. I am using a modern view of the mind in which the mind has a boundary. Duncan pritchard 2009 royal institute of philosophy supplement 64.
Designing a complex curriculumreflections on knowledge. I think that linda zagzebski s virtuebased prescriptions can be given a firm ontological grounding in the faculties of human nature. The role of consciousness in grasping and understanding. Finds three important, relevant strands of thought in the works of plato and aristotle, among which the most important one is that understanding involves representing the world nonpropositionally, e. Linda zagzebski university of oklahoma, september 27, 2016 at loyola marymount university. This is the second meetup of our series on major publications in epistemology.
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