Virtue Epistemology Naturalized: Bridges Between Virtue Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (Synthese Library Book 366)

This book presents four bridges connecting work in virtue epistemology and work in philosophy of science (broadly construed) that may serve as catalysts for the further development of naturalized virtue epistemology. These bridges are: empirically informed theories of epistemic virtue; virtue theoretic solutions to under determination; epistemic virtues in the history of science; and the value of understanding. Virtue epistemology has opened many new areas of inquiry in contemporary epistemology including: epistemic agency, the role of motivations and emotions in epistemology, the nature of abilities, skills and competences, wisdom and curiosity. Value driven epistemic inquiry has become quite complex and there is a need for a responsible and rigorous process of constructing naturalized theories of epistemic virtue. This volume makes the involvement of the sciences more explicit and looks at the empirical aspect of virtue epistemology. Concerns about virtue epistemology are considered in the essays contained here, including the question: can any virtue epistemology meet both the normativity constraint and the empirical constraint? The volume suggests that these worries should not be seen as impediments but rather as useful constraints and desiderata to guide the construction of naturalized theories of epistemic virtue. This Book Presents Four Bridges Connecting Work In Virtue Epistemology And Work In Philosophy Of Science (broadly Construed) That May Serve As Catalysts For The Further Development Of Naturalized Virtue Epistemology. These Bridges Are: Empirically Informed Theories Of Epistemic Virtue; Virtue Theoretic Solutions To Underdetermination; Epistemic Virtues In The History Of Science; And The Value Of Understanding.0virtue Epistemology Has Opened Many New Areas Of Inquiry In Contemporary Epistemology Including: Epistemic Agency, The Role Of Motivations And Emotions In Epistemology, The Nature Of Abilities, Skills And Competences, Wisdom And Curiosity. 0value Driven Epistemic Inquiry Has Become Quite Complex And There Is A Need For A Responsible And Rigorous Process Of Constructing Naturalized Theories Of Epistemic Virtue. This Volume Makes The Involvement Of The Sciences More Explicit And Looks At The Empirical Aspect Of Virtue Epistemology. 0concerns About Virtue Epistemology Are Considered In The Essays Contained Here, Including The Question: Can Any Virtue Epistemology Meet Both The Normativity Constraint And The Empirical Constraint? The Volume Suggests That These Worries Should Not Be Seen As Impediments But Rather As Useful Constraints And Desiderata To Guide The Construction Of Naturalized Theories Of Epistemic Virtue. Bridges Between Virtue And Epistemology And Philosophy Of Science -- Epistemic Virtue, Cognitive Science And Situationism -- Epistemic Virtue And Formal Epistemology -- Virtues Of Theories And Virtues Of Theorists -- Understanding, Explanation And Epistemic Virtue. Abrol Fairweather, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Matter....Pages i-vi Bridges Between Virtue Epistemology and Philosophy of Science....Pages 1-9 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 The Function of Perception....Pages 13-31 Metacognition and Intellectual Virtue....Pages 33-48 Daring to Believe: Metacognition, Epistemic Agency and Reflective Knowledge....Pages 49-66 Success, Minimal Agency and Epistemic Virtue....Pages 67-81 Towards a Eudaimonistic Virtue Epistemology....Pages 83-102 Expanding the Situationist Challenge to Reliabilism About Inference....Pages 103-122 Inferential Abilities and Common Epistemic Goods....Pages 123-139 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 Curiosity, Belief and Acquaintance....Pages 143-157 Epistemic Values and Disinformation....Pages 159-179 Defeasibility Without Inductivism....Pages 181-192 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 Acting to Know: A Virtue of Experimentation....Pages 195-205 Is There a Place for Epistemic Virtues in Theory Choice?....Pages 207-226 Bridging a Fault Line: On Underdetermination and the Ampliative Adequacy of Competing Theories....Pages 227-245 Epistemic Virtues and the Success of Science....Pages 247-268 Experimental Virtue: Perceptual Responsiveness and the Praxis of Scientific Observation....Pages 269-290 A Matter of Phronesis: Experiment and Virtue in Physics, A Case Study....Pages 291-312 Front Matter....Pages 313-313 Knowledge and Understanding....Pages 315-327 Understanding as Knowledge of Causes....Pages 329-345 Knowledge, Understanding and Virtue....Pages 347-360 "This book presents four bridges connecting work in virtue epistemology and work in philosophy of science (broadly construed) that may serve as catalysts for the further development of naturalized virtue epistemology. These bridges are: empirically informed theories of epistemic virtue; virtue theoretic solutions to underdetermination; epistemic virtues in the history of science; and the value of understanding. Virtue epistemology has opened many new areas of inquiry in contemporary epistemology including: epistemic agency, the role of motivations and emotions in epistemology, the nature of abilities, skills and competences, wisdom and curiosity. Value driven epistemic inquiry has become quite complex and there is a need for a responsible and rigorous process of constructing naturalized theories of epistemic virtue. This volume makes the involvement of the sciences more explicit and looks at the empirical aspect of virtue epistemology. Concerns about virtue epistemology are considered in the essays contained here, including the question: can any virtue epistemology meet both the normativity constraint and the empirical constraint? The volume suggests that these worries should not be seen as impediments but rather as useful constraints and desiderata to guide the construction of naturalized theories of epistemic virtue."--Font no determinada This book presents four bridges connecting work in virtue epistemology and work in philosophy of science (broadly construed) that may serve as catalysts for the further development of naturalized virtue epistemology. These bridges are: empirically informed theories of epistemic virtue; virtue theoretic solutions to underdetermination; epistemic virtues in the history of science; and the value of understanding. Virtue epistemology has opened many new areas of inquiry in contemporary epistemology including: epistemic agency, the role of motivations and emotions in epistemology, the nature of abilities, skills and competences, wisdom and curiosity. Virtue driven epistemic inquiry has become quite complex and there is a need for a responsible and rigorous process of constructing naturalized theories of epistemic virtue. This volume makes the involvement of the sciences more explicit and looks at the empirical aspect of virtue epistemology. Concerns about virtue epistemology are considered in the essays contained here, including the question: can any virtue epistemology meet both the normativity constraint and the empirical constraint? The volume suggests that these worries should not be seen as impediments but rather as useful constraints and desiderata to guide the construction of naturalized theories of epistemic virtue