A Virtue Epistemology presents a new approach to some of the oldest and most gripping problems of philosophy, those of knowledge and skepticism. Ernest Sosa argues for two levels of knowledge, the animal and the reflective, each viewed as a distinctive human accomplishment. By adopting a kind of virtue epistemology in line with the tradition found in Aristotle, Aquinas, Reid, and especially Descartes, he presents an account of knowledge which can be used to shed light on different varieties of skepticism, the nature and status of intuitions, and epistemic normativity.
Review
"Those interested in Sosa's epistemology will find it presented more clearly and in more detail herein than anywhere else."--N.D. Smith, CHOICE
"If you are interested enough in epistemology to be reading this review, then you must read the marvelous book being reviewed.... His virtue epistemology provides an answer to the question what knowledge is..."--Ram Neta, otre Dame Philosophical Reviews
"Arguably the single-most important monograph to be published in analytic epistemology in the last ten years.... A Virtue Epistemology is an outstanding book and a tremendous contribution to the field."--Heather Battaly, Analysis Reviews
Product Description
A Virtue Epistemology presents a new approach to some of the oldest and most gripping problems of philosophy, those of knowledge and skepticism. Ernest Sosa argues for two levels of knowledge, the animal and the reflective, each viewed as a distinctive human accomplishment. By adopting a kind of virtue epistemology in line with the tradition found in Aristotle, Aquinas, Reid, and especially Descartes, he presents an account of knowledge which can be used to shed light on different varieties of skepticism, the nature and status of intuitions, and epistemic normativity.
Review
"Those interested in Sosa's epistemology will find it presented more clearly and in more detail herein than anywhere else."--N.D. Smith, CHOICE
"If you are interested enough in epistemology to be reading this review, then you must read the marvelous book being reviewed.... His virtue epistemology provides an answer to the question what knowledge is..."--Ram Neta, otre Dame Philosophical Reviews
"Arguably the single-most important monograph to be published in analytic epistemology in the last ten years.... A Virtue Epistemology is an outstanding book and a tremendous contribution to the field."--Heather Battaly, Analysis Reviews
About the Author
Ernest Sosa is at Rutgers University, New Jersey.