Knowledge, dexterity, and attention : a theory of epistemic agency /
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| Author / Creator: | Fairweather, Abrol, author. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017. ©2017 |
| Description: | viii, 196 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11311879 |
| Summary: | Contemporary cognitive science clearly tells us that attention is modulated for speech and action. While these forms of goal-directed attention are very well researched in psychology, they have not been sufficiently studied by epistemologists. In this book, Abrol Fairweather and Carlos Montemayor develop and defend a theory of epistemic achievements that requires the manifestation of cognitive agency. They examine empirical work on the psychology of attention and assertion, and use it to ground a normative theory of epistemic achievements and virtues. The resulting study is the first sustained, naturalized virtue epistemology, and will be of interest to readers in epistemology, cognitive science, and beyond. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 196 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107089822 1107089824 |
