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Alessandra Tanesini is Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University. She is the author of An Introduction to Feminist Epistemologies (Blackwell, 1999), Wittgenstein: A Feminist Interpretation (Polity, 2004), and of several articles in epistemology, feminist philosophy, the philosophy of mind and language, and on Nietzsche. Her current work lies at the intersection of ethics, the philosophy of language, and epistemology with a focus on epistemic vice, silencing, prejudice, and ignorance.Tanesini has written an interesting, frighteningly relevant exploration of the virtues and vices that occupy the domain of epistemic self-evaluation, the measurement of oneself and one's capacities. Tanesini contends that those good at measuring their skills tend to achieve greater successes than those who mismeasure their capacities ... Engaging and relevant to many of today's pressing moral issues.
W. Simkulet, CHOICE
In sum, The Mismeasure of the Self will be essential reading for anyone interested in current trends in social epistemology. This book is a model for how to do social epistemology in the 21st century: deeply empirically informed, attuned to philosophical nuance, and directly relevant to both perennial and more contemporary ethical and political problems.
Robin McKenna, The Philosophical Quarterly
By eschewing austerity about the vices, and doing so in a way informed by social psychology, The Mismeasure of the Self demonstrates the potential of an empirically informed vice epistemology that recognizes the diverse forms that the human intellectual character may take.
Keith Harris, Metascience
The Mismeasure of the Self: A Study in Vice Epistemology, Alessandra Tanesini offers an insightful analysis of the intellectual vices of self-evaluation and offers an invaluable contribution to the field of vice epistemology.
Daniella Meehan, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, Philosophical Psychology