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The Evolution Of Psychological Altruism, Gualtiero Piccinini, Armin Schulz
The Evolution Of Psychological Altruism, Gualtiero Piccinini, Armin Schulz
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We argue that there are two different kinds of altruistic motivation: classical psychological altruism, which generates ultimate desires to help other organisms at least partly for those organisms’ sake, and nonclassical psychological altruism, which generates ultimate desires to help other organisms for the sake of the organism providing the help. We then argue that classical psychological altruism is adaptive if the desire to help others is intergenerationally reliable and, thus, need not be learned. Nonclassical psychological altruism is adaptive when the desire to help others is adaptively learnable. This theory opens new avenues for the interdisciplinary study of psychological altruism.
The Problem Of Evil And The Grammar Of Goodness, Eric Wiland
The Problem Of Evil And The Grammar Of Goodness, Eric Wiland
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I consider the two venerated arguments about the existence of God: the Ontological Argument and the Argument from Evil. The Ontological Argument purports to show that God’s nature guarantees that God exists. The Argument from Evil purports to show that God’s nature, combined with some plausible facts about the way the world is, guarantees (or is very compelling grounds for thinking) that God does not exist. Both presume that it is coherent to predicate goodness (or greatness) of God. But if Peter Geach’s claim that goodness is logically attributive is cogent, then both arguments fall to the ground.
Is Intellectual Character Growth A Realistic Educational Aim?, Jason Baehr
Is Intellectual Character Growth A Realistic Educational Aim?, Jason Baehr
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No abstract provided.
Responsibilist Virtues And The ‘Charmed Inner Circle’ Of Traditional Epistemology, Jason Baehr
Responsibilist Virtues And The ‘Charmed Inner Circle’ Of Traditional Epistemology, Jason Baehr
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In Judgment and Agency, Ernest Sosa takes “reliabilist” virtue epistemology deep into “responsibilist” territory, arguing that “a true epistemology” will assign “responsibilist-cum-reliabilist intellectual virtue the main role in addressing concerns at the center of the tradition.” However, Sosa stops short of granting this status to familiar responsibilist virtues like open-mindedness, intellectual courage, and intellectual humility. He cites three reasons for doing so: responsibilist virtues involve excessive motivational demands; they are quasi-ethical; and they are best understood, not as constituting knowledge, but rather as putting one “in a position” to know. I elaborate on and respond to each of these …
Intellectual Humility: Owning Our Limitations, Dennis Whitcomb, Heather Battaly, Jason Baehr, Daniel Howard-Snyder
Intellectual Humility: Owning Our Limitations, Dennis Whitcomb, Heather Battaly, Jason Baehr, Daniel Howard-Snyder
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What is intellectual humility? In this essay, we aim to answer this question by assessing several contemporary accounts of intellectual humility, developing our own account, offering two reasons for our account, and meeting two objections and solving one puzzle
The Cognitive Demands Of Intellectual Virtue, Jason Baehr
The Cognitive Demands Of Intellectual Virtue, Jason Baehr
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No abstract provided.
Virtue Epistemology, Jason Baehr
Review Of Ernest Sosa, Knowing Full Well, Jason Baehr
Review Of Ernest Sosa, Knowing Full Well, Jason Baehr
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No abstract provided.
Review Of Russ Shafer-Landau (Ed.), Oxford Studies In Metaethics, Vol 3, Eric Wiland
Review Of Russ Shafer-Landau (Ed.), Oxford Studies In Metaethics, Vol 3, Eric Wiland
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No abstract provided.
Evidentialism, Vice, And Virtue, Jason Baehr
Evidentialism, Vice, And Virtue, Jason Baehr
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No abstract provided.
Four Varieties Of Character-Based Virtue Epistemology, Jason Baehr
Four Varieties Of Character-Based Virtue Epistemology, Jason Baehr
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The terrain of character-based or “responsibilist” virtue epistemology has evolved dramatically over the last decade — so much so that it is far from clear what, if anything, unifies the various views put forth in this area. In an attempt to bring some clarity to the overall thrust and structure of this movement, I develop a fourfold classification of character-based virtue epistemologies. I also offer a qualified assessment of each approach, defending a certain account of the probable future of this burgeoning subfield.
On The Reliability Of Moral And Intellectual Virtues, Jason Baehr
On The Reliability Of Moral And Intellectual Virtues, Jason Baehr
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No abstract provided.
Character, Reliability, And Virtue Epistemology, Jason Baehr
Character, Reliability, And Virtue Epistemology, Jason Baehr
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Standard characterizations of virtue epistemology divide the field into two camps: virtue reliabilism and virtue responsibilism. Virtue reliabilists think of intellectual virtues as reliable cognitive faculties or abilities, while virtue responsibilists conceive of them as good intellectual character traits. I argue that responsibilist character virtues sometimes satisfy the conditions of a reliabilist conception of intellectual virtue, and that consequently virtue reliabilists, and reliabilists in general, must pay closer attention to matters of intellectual character. This leads to several new questions and challenges for any reliabilist epistemology.
Review Of Duncan Pritchard, Epistemic Luck, Jason Baehr
Review Of Duncan Pritchard, Epistemic Luck, Jason Baehr
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No abstract provided.
Review Of Michael Depaul & Linda Zagzebski, Intellectual Virtue: Perspectives From Ethics And Epistemology, Jason Baehr
Review Of Michael Depaul & Linda Zagzebski, Intellectual Virtue: Perspectives From Ethics And Epistemology, Jason Baehr
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No abstract provided.
Review Of Jay Wood, Becoming Intellectually Virtuous, Jason Baehr
Review Of Jay Wood, Becoming Intellectually Virtuous, Jason Baehr
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No abstract provided.