Virtues of the Mind: An Inquiry into the Nature of Virtue and the Ethical Foundations of Knowledge.

Swank, Casey; Zagzebski, Linda

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“…In fact, the process of comprehending a proposition entails an intuitive acceptance of its believability (Gilbert, 1991). Assessing the truthfulness of a belief, and recognizing and correcting false beliefs, is an effortful process (Brashier & Marsh, 2020;Gilbert, 1991;Kahneman, 2011) that rests on a commitment to epistemic values and ethical virtues (Chinn et al, 2011;Pritchard, 2007;Zagzebski, 1996) that support sustained engagement in "unnatural" epistemic acts (Wineburg, 2001). The proliferation of misinformation that appeals to our emotions, social media's use of algorithms that expose people to it based on their predicted engagement, and a 24-hour news cycle that is replete with partisan reporting further insulates people from different perspectives and amplifies the effects of my-side bias (Haidt & Rose-Stockwell, 2019;Hess & McAvoy, 2015;Kahneman, 2011;Pachur et al, 2012).…”

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“…Furthermore, my rejection of relativism is not an endorsement of the metaphysical realist's belief in a world consisting solely of "mind-independent objects" (Putnam, 1981) and a concept of truth that involves the strict correspondence between the words and the things to which they refer. Among other things, scientism leads to a false dichotomy that denies, on the one hand, the rationality of statements about ethics and values, and on the other hand, the relevance of values and ethics in statements of fact (Putnam, 1981(Putnam, , 2002Zagzebski, 1996).…”

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“…For the pragmatist and those who are sympathetic to its precepts (Putnam, 2017), community is foundational to human experience, and without communication and deliberation, community, experience, and progress are unattainable (Dewey, 1916). Zagzebski (1996) argues that epistemic values are forms of ethical virtue that support the pursuit of knowledge, are conducive to the truth, and contribute to the common good. Under this interpretation, truth claims should be evaluated by the degree to which the process of inquiry is consistent with these epistemic values and is guided by ethical virtues such as open-mindedness, humility, fairness, candor, courage, and justice.…”

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When the Truth Doesn’t Seem to Matter: The Affordances of Disciplinary Argument in the Era of Post-truth

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A disquieting aspect of some contemporary public discourse is its seeming indifference to or abandonment of any pretense to truth. Among other things, unsubstantiated and misleading claims have been made about the efficacy of vaccines and other purported treatments for SARS-COVID, the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and the January 6, 2021, insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. In addition, a spate of legislation restricting classroom discussion and instruction related to race, bias, privilege, and discrimination has been or is pending passage in U.S. state legislatures. These restrictions are antithetical to core functions of education, which are to inculcate the values, virtues, and advanced literacy skills that support democratic deliberation about controversial issues. This article discusses the increasing political polarization and partisan attacks on the processes of education and the threats to liberal democracy posed by this disregard for the truth. In addition, it reviews the cultural and psychological factors that increase our susceptibility to misinformation and presents a perspective about the pursuit of truth that highlights the educational affordances of disciplinary inquiry, democratic deliberation, and reasonable argumentation. The contemporary challenges are manifestations of long-standing political and cultural divisions, and their mitigation will depend on developing communities of informed citizens that are committed to the values and virtues that are foundational to liberal democracy.

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“… Baehr's account is part of the responsibilist tradition in virtue epistemology which began with Code (1987),Zagzebski (1996) andMontmarquet (1992). R. C Roberts and Wood (2007),Battaly (2017),.…”

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“…This is a consideration of what Peirce called "scientific economy"(McKaughan 2008).34 The literature on epistemic responsibility, for instance, involves non-evidential epistemic norms(Code 1987;Hieronymi 2008;Kornblith 1983;Montmarquet 1992). Virtue epistemologists have elsewhere advocated for non-evidential epistemic normativity(Axtell 1997(Axtell , 2008Zagzebski 1996). Some philosophers of science have explicitly argued that promise (or pursuitworthiness) considerations can be epistemic(Seselja, Kosolosky, & Straßer 2012;Šešelja & Straßer 2014a;Shaw 2020;Whitt 1992).…”

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A Pragmatist View of Emotions: Tracing Its Significance for the Current Debate

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Virtues of the Mind: An Inquiry into the Nature of Virtue and the Ethical Foundations of Knowledge.

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When the Truth Doesn’t Seem to Matter: The Affordances of Disciplinary Argument in the Era of Post-truth

When the Truth Doesn’t Seem to Matter: The Affordances of Disciplinary Argument in the Era of Post-truth

Intellectual courage and inquisitive reasons

A Pragmatist View of Emotions: Tracing Its Significance for the Current Debate

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