Virtue Epistemology and the Analysis of Knowledge

Toward a Non-Reductive Model

Dr Ian Church (Hillsdale College, USA)

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Bloomsbury Academic
19 September 2024

Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

This book centers on two dominant trends within contemporary epistemology:

first, the dissatisfaction with the project of analyzing knowledge in terms of necessary and jointly sufficient conditions and, second, the surging popularity of virtue-theoretic approaches to knowledge.

Church argues that the Gettier Problem, the primary reason for abandoning the reductive analysis project, cannot viably be solved, and that prominent approaches to virtue epistemology fail to solve the Gettier Problem precisely along the lines his diagnosis predicts.

Such an outcome motivates Church to explore a better way forward: non-reductive virtue epistemology.

In so doing, he makes room for virtue epistemologies that are not only able to endure what he sees as inevitable developments in 21st-century epistemology, but also able to contribute positively to debates and discussions across the discipline and beyond.

By: Dr Ian Church (Hillsdale College USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350258426
ISBN 10: 1350258423
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 19 September 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Diagnosing The Problem 1. Luck and Gettier Problems 2. Objections Part II: Applying the Diagnosis 3. Agent Reliablism 4. Agent Responsiblism 5. Proper Functionalism Part III: Exploring Alternatives 6. Prolegomena to Non-Reductive Virtue Epistemology 7. Knowledge as Virtue 8. Objections and New Directions Notes Bibliography Index

Ian M. Church is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hillsdale College, USA.

Reviews for Virtue Epistemology and the Analysis of Knowledge: Toward a Non-Reductive Model

"""Virtue Epistemology and the Analysis of Knowledge offers a distinctive line on virtue epistemology, and in the process covers many of the core topics of contemporary epistemology. This insightful book will be required reading for anyone hoping to keep abreast of the latest work in epistemology."" --Duncan Pritchard, UC Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of California, USA"