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Book SynopsisOut of the ferment of recent debates about the intellectual virtues, Roberts and Wood have developed an approach they call ''regulative epistemology''. This is partly a return to classical and medieval traditions, partly in the spirit of Locke''s and Descartes''s concern for intellectual formation, partly an exploration of connections between epistemology and ethics, and partly an approach that has never been tried before. Standing on the shoulders of recent epistemologists - including William Alston, Alvin Plantinga, Ernest Sosa, and Linda Zagzebski - Roberts and Wood pursue epistemological questions by looking closely and deeply at particular traits of intellectual character such as love of knowledge, intellectual autonomy, intellectual generosity, and intellectual humility. Central to their vision is an account of intellectual goods that includes not just knowledge as properly grounded belief, but understanding and personal acquaintance, acquired and shared through the many social p
Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Intellectual Virtues is a very rich, novel, and important contribution to the literature in character-based virtue epistemology; it is, in fact, the most important contribution in the last decade. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in virtue epistemology and it is sure to enjoy this status for many years to come. * Jason Baehr, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
Table of ContentsPART ONE: CONTEXTS; PART TWO: INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES
