The Inquiring Mind: On Intellectual Virtues and Virtue Epistemology

The Inquiring Mind: On Intellectual Virtues and Virtue Epistemology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-256

  Baehr, Jason ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character and knowledge; Intellectual courage; Intellectual virtues; Intellectual virtues vs. moral virtues; Knowledge and agency; Open mindedness; Personal worth; Virtue epistemology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052339777     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199604074.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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