VIRTUE EPISTEMOLOGY AS AN ANSWER TO SKEPTICAL CHALLENGE
VIRTUE EPISTEMOLOGY AS AN ANSWER TO SKEPTICAL CHALLENGE
Author(s): Artur KarimovSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: skepticism; epistemology; virtue epistemology; Ernest Sosa; reliabilism; internalism; externalism
Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the strategy of refuting skepticism by virtue epistemology of Ernest Sosa. Responses to skeptical challenge are overviewed. The philosophical and meta-philosophical strategies are outlined. The solution based on distinguishing between reflective knowledge and animal knowledge is considered. The internalist assumptions of skepticism are critically exposed. The notion of web of belief is further used to support an anti-skeptical position. Shane Ryan’s notion of epistemic grace is put forward in defense of the virtue epistemology approach.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 203-212
- Page Count: 10
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