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1st Edition

Vice Epistemology

Edited By Ian James Kidd, Heather Battaly, Quassim Cassam Copyright 2021
278 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

278 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

278 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Some of the most problematic human behaviors involve vices of the mind such as arrogance, closed-mindedness, dogmatism, gullibility, and intellectual cowardice, as well as wishful or conspiratorial thinking. What sorts of things are epistemic vices? How do we detect and mitigate them? How and why do these vices prevent us from acquiring knowledge, and what is their role in sustaining... Read more

Introduction: From Epistemic Vices to Vice Epistemology Ian James Kidd, Heather Battaly, and Quassim Cassam

Part 1: Foundational Issues

1. The Structure of Intellectual Vices Jason Baehr

2. The Metaphysical Foundations of Vice Epistemology Quassim Cassam

3. Ignorance, Arrogance, and Privilege: Vice Epistemology and the Epistemology of Ignorance Alessandra Tanesini

4. Epistemic Corruption and Social Oppression Ian James Kidd

Part 2: Collectives, Institutions, and Networks

5. Institutional Epistemic Vices: The Case of Institutional Inertia Miranda Fricker

6. Capital Vices, Institutional Failures, and Epistemic Neglect in a County Jail José Medina

7. Implicit Bias and Epistemic Vice Jules Holroyd

8. Vectors of Epistemic Insecurity Emily Sullivan and Mark Alfano

Part 3: Analyses of Specific Vices

9. Quitting, Procrastinating, and Slacking Off Heather Battaly

10. Epistemic Insensitivity: An Insidious and Consequential Vice Maura Priest

11. Intellectual Snobs Charlie Crerar

Part 4: Applied Vice Epistemology

12. Teaching to the Test: How Schools Discourage Phronesis Casey Johnson

13. Vices of Questioning in Public Discourse Lani Watson.

Index

Biography

Ian James Kidd is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Heather Battaly is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, USA.

Quassim Cassam is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, UK.

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