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What are Epistemic Virtues?

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Individual character traits that can be utilised to more accurately acquire knowledge.

2
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Give some examples of Epistemic Virtues (EV’s)

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Empathy
Compassion
Courage
Humility

3
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Outline Virtue Epistemology in logical formulation.

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P1- P is true
P2- S believes that P is true
C1- The belief that P is true stems from the utilisation of epistemic virtues.

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Give an objection to Virtue Epistemology.

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  • Virtues are entirely subjective and can’t be tangibly measured. Finding the degrees of people’s virtues is consequently very difficult and discovering whether they exist within other people genuinely is tough.
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Give another objection to Virtue Epistemology.

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  • Virtues may heavily vary between cultures and societal circumstances which means that they can’t be objectively applied across the world.
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How does Linda Zagzebski utilise Virtue Epistemology to locate knowledge?

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She claims that we must use several virtues simultaneously to accurately reach knowledge.
If I’m trying to find out whether a research study is true, I might use reasoning, rationality and critical thinking at the same time to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the research to reach my own conclusion.