Virtue epistemology is one of the most flourishing research programmes in contemporary epistemology. Its defining thesis is that properties of agents and groups are the primary focus of epistemic theorising. Within virtue epistemology two key strands can be distinguished: virtue…
"The purpose of this book is to identify, and then theorize, a distinctive and important phenomenon that has gone largely unrecognized in epistemology. To get a rough idea of the phenomenon I have in mind, we can invoke an intuitive distinction between the generation of knowledg…
"The purpose of this book is to identify, and then theorize, a distinctive and important phenomenon that has gone largely unrecognized in epistemology. To get a rough idea of the phenomenon I have in mind, we can invoke an intuitive distinction between the generation of knowledg…
How do we transmit or distribute knowledge, as distinct from generating or producing it? In this book John Greco examines the interpersonal relations and social structures which enable and inhibit the sharing of knowledge within and across epistemic communities. Drawing on resou…
"The purpose of this book is to identify, and then theorize, a distinctive and important phenomenon that has gone largely unrecognized in epistemology. To get a rough idea of the phenomenon I have in mind, we can invoke an intuitive distinction between the generation of knowledg…
"The purpose of this book is to identify, and then theorize, a distinctive and important phenomenon that has gone largely unrecognized in epistemology. To get a rough idea of the phenomenon I have in mind, we can invoke an intuitive distinction between the generation of knowledg…
The volume brings together for the first time original essays by leading philosophers working on powers in relation to metaphysics, philosophy of natural and social science, philosophy of mind and action, epistemology, ethics and social and political philosophy. In each area, th…
Powers were central to the Aristotelian worldview that held sway for centuries but were largely left behind during the Scientific Revolution when laws replaced powers as the primary vehicles of explanation. We are now seeing a welcome rebirth of interest in the metaphysics and e…
