2012
DOI: 10.1353/hph.2012.0027
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Rousseau’s Virtue Epistemology

Abstract: Rousseau’s moral and political philosophy is grounded in a largely overlooked virtue epistemology. This essay reconstructs this epistemology with a particular focus on Rousseau’s conception of how our capacity for sensation might be cultivated to develop the judgment and wisdom that distinguish the developed virtuous agent. It proceeds in three sections. The first section focuses on Rousseau’s conception of the first stage of development, and especially his sensationist claim that all knowledge originates in s… Show more

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“…see (Ameriks 2012;Cassirer 1983;Shell 2009;Velkley 1989;Zammito 2002). 18 For discussion of Rousseau's epistemology see (Hanley 2012;Marshall 2012). atheism. 19 The work begins by putting forward what might initially be thought of as a two-power model of cognition.…”
Section: Rousseau's Sticksmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…see (Ameriks 2012;Cassirer 1983;Shell 2009;Velkley 1989;Zammito 2002). 18 For discussion of Rousseau's epistemology see (Hanley 2012;Marshall 2012). atheism. 19 The work begins by putting forward what might initially be thought of as a two-power model of cognition.…”
Section: Rousseau's Sticksmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Rousseau thus devises an educational scheme which, according to Hanley’s (2012) extremely sophisticated treatment, proceeds in three stages (sensory education, judgement or reasoning, conscience and willing), each stage building on the preparatory work completed in the former. 7 Again, its aim is to ultimately cultivate the student’s reasoning and judging capacities, and his conscience, such that he is able to see the truth of man’s relations, look past the appearances, arbitrary opinions and prejudices circulating in society, and so prevent them from influencing his imagination and inflaming his amour-propre .…”
Section: IImentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The third stage involves transferring the student’s ‘cultivated capacity for the judgment of physical relations to the judgment of moral relations; indeed Rousseau is explicit in insisting that the study of “real material relations” is the necessary preparative for “bringing him ever closer to the great relations he must know one day in order to judge well of the good and bad order of civil society”’ (Hanley, 2012: 255). To cultivate Emile’s reason and judgement of human relations, Rousseau turns to history, specifically Plutarch.…”
Section: IImentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Los sentidos y los órganos a ellos asociados sólo pueden desarrollarse mediante el ejercicio (OC, IV, 402) y la práctica continuada. A este respecto abordamos la interpretación de la epistemología rousseauniana a través de tres etapas de desarrollo: el conocimiento originado en las impresiones sensoriales, la transición de la sensación a la capacidad de juicio, y su concepción del desarrollo mental, indispensable para la virtud ética (Hanley, 2012). Para Rousseau, la única metodología posible en los primeros años es la que denomina "educación negativa".…”
Section: Revista Complutense De Educaciónunclassified