Ernest Sosa
Reflective Knowledge: Apt Belief and Reflective Knowledge, Volume II
- ISBN 13:
- 9780199596362
- author:
- Ernest Sosa
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press, USA
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 5.40 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 0.70 (d)
- Genre:
- Epistemology (Theory of Knowledge), Self-Improvement
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Reflective Knowledge Apt Belief and Reflective Knowledge, Volume II by Ernest Sosa explores a reflective virtue epistemology based on virtuous circularity. This approach is found in the writings of Descartes, Moore, and Davidson, who all rely on this assumption. The book considers various historical alternatives to this view, including G.E. Moore's legendary proof, classical foundationalism, quietist naturalism, Thomas Reid's commonsense alternative, Wilfrid Sellars' complex epistemology, and Donald Davidson's distinctive form of epistemology. Sosa then presents an alternative that defends a virtue epistemology combined with epistemic circularity. This approach retains elements of the earlier alternatives while discarding what was found wanting in them. The book provides a nuanced exploration of the nature of knowledge and its relationship to virtue, offering a fresh perspective on traditional debates in epistemology.
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