Reflective Knowledge argues for a reflective virtue epistemology based
on a kind of virtuous circularity that may be found explicitly or just
below the surface in the epistemological writings of Descartes, Moore,
and now Davidson, who on Sosa's reading also relies crucially on an
assumption of virtuous circularity. Along the way various lines of
objection are explored. In Part I Sosa considers historical
alternatives to the view developed in Part II. He begins with G.E.
Moore's legendary proof, and the epistemology that lies behind it.
That leads to classical foundationalism, a more general position
encompassing the indirect realism advocated by Moore. Next he turns to
the quietist naturalism found in David Hume, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and
P.F. Strawson. After that comes Thomas Reid's commonsense alternative.
A quite different option is the subtle and complex epistemology
developed by Wilfrid Sellars over the course of a long career.
Finally, Part I concludes with a study of Donald Davidson's
distinctive form of epistemology naturalized (as Sosa argues). The
second part of the book presents an alternative beyond the historical
positions of Part I, one that defends a virtue epistemology combined
with epistemic circularity. This alternative retains elements of the
earlier approaches, while discarding what was found wanting in them.
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Apt Belief and Reflective Knowledge, Volume II
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ISBN
9780191567315
Publisert
2020
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OUP Oxford
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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