Epistemology: becoming intellectually virtuous

by Wood, W. Jay, (William Jay)

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Full title :Epistemology : becoming intellectually virtuous / W. Jay Wood.

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Publication Date:©1998.

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Publisher(s):InterVarsity Press
Place of Publication:Downers Grove, Ill
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1998.

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Description:1 online resource (216 pages).

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ISBN:9780830875061, 0830875069
oclc:ocn850882194
LC Classification:BT50
Dewey Decimal:230/.01

The nature of epistemology. When do epistemological questions arise? ; Epistemology and the pursuit of intellectual virtues ; The Christian and intellectual virtues ; Doing epistemology as if virtue mattered ; Is everyone called to pursue the intellectual virtues? -- Exploring the intellectual virtues. Types of intellectual virtue ; The structure of intellectual virtues ; Epistemology, virtue, and responsibility -- An extended look at some intellectual virtues. Studiousness and vicious curiousity ; Intellectual honesty and dishonesty ; Wisdom and folly ; The relationship between ancient and modern and contemporary ; Epistemological concerns -- Foundationalism. The motivation for foundationalism ; The rudiments of foundationalism ; Strong foundationalism ; Problems with strong foundationalism ; Modest foundationalism -- Epistemic justification. Evidentialism ; Coherentism ; Keith Lehrer's coherence theory -- Reliabilism. Objections to reliabilism ; Virtue epistemology and the internalism-externalism debate -- Epistemology and religious belief. Internalism and the justification of theism ; Externalism and the justification of theism ; Reformed epistemology -- The role of emotions & …