Redrawing the Map: Medina on Epistemic Vices and Skepticism
My aim in this paper is to closely examine José Medina's account of socially-situated knowledge and ignorance in terms of epistemic virtues and vices in his 2013 book The Epistemology of Resistance. First, I'll offer a detailed examination of the similarities and differences between Medina...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2019, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 261-283 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Medina, José 1968-, The epistemology of resistance
/ Cognition theory
/ Scepticism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism VA Philosophy |
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standpoint epistemology
B active ignorance B Solipsism B Epistemic virtues B Skepticism B epistemic vices |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | My aim in this paper is to closely examine José Medina's account of socially-situated knowledge and ignorance in terms of epistemic virtues and vices in his 2013 book The Epistemology of Resistance. First, I'll offer a detailed examination of the similarities and differences between Medina's account and both standpoint epistemology and epistemologies of active ignorance. Medina presents his account as capturing and integrating the insights of both, but I will argue that, for better or worse, his account differs from familiar forms of standpoint epistemology in significant respects, and so should be treated as related but distinct. Second, I'll expand on Medina's brief suggestion that his vice-theoretic account of active ignorance reveals interesting analogues of traditional forms of skepticism about the external world, comparing and contrasting Medina's proposal with both other analogues of skepticism found in the philosophical literature on oppression and with traditional forms of skepticism inspired by Descartes. |
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| ISSN: | 2210-5700 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for the study of skepticism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-20191386 |