For virtue epistemologists, who understand the traits and capacities of epistemic subjects as
central to most epistemic questions, the idea of autonomy plays a significant role. Autonomy …

In this chapter I develop and motivate an account of epistemic autonomy as an intellectual
character virtue. In Section 9.2, I clarify the concept of an intellectual virtue and character …

According to robust virtue epistemology, knowledge is a cognitive achievement, where this
means that the agent's cognitive success is because of her cognitive ability. One type of …

Epistemologists often assume that an agent's epistemic goal is simply to acquire as much
knowledge as possible for herself. Drawing on an analogy with ethics and other practices, I …

Virtue epistemology is an exciting, new movement receiving an enormous amount of
attention from top epistemologists and ethicists; this pioneering volume reflects the best work …

Virtue epistemologists argue for the centrality of our cognitive virtues to epistemological
theorizing. One of the most influential proposals in epistemology has been virtue …

In this introduction we explore a number of puzzles that arise concerning epistemic
autonomy, and introduce the sections and chapters of the book. There are four broad types …

This chapter critically examines extant theorizations of collective epistemic virtue and vice.
Epistemic virtues are features that make us excellent qua producers and consumers of …

What is an epistemic virtue? Are epistemic virtues reliable? Are they motivated by a love of
truth? Do epistemic virtues produce knowledge and understanding? How can we develop …

This chapter points out that standard versions of virtue epistemology accept and are
motivated by the same central problems in epistemology—such as analyzing the concepts of …