Author Archives: Maryann Spikes

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 5: Making for Truth: Some Problems with Virtue-Based Epistemology – Section IV.Virtue-based epistemology “has partly grown out of, and partly emerged as a reaction against, the kinds of reliabilist … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 5: Making for Truth: Some Problems with Virtue-Based Epistemology – Section III.Can a virtue-based epistemology, unlike McDowell’s efforts, “(1) make good the normativity-deficit, and (2) avoid all the usual … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 5: Making for Truth: Some Problems with Virtue-Based Epistemology – Section II.Note: physicalist is apparently synonymous with ‘thoroughly naturalized’. This section is going to mainly focus on how McDowell’s … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 5: Making for Truth: Some Problems with Virtue-Based Epistemology – Section I.So, basically, virtue epistemology goes beyond the fact that there are certain virtues which people can possess which … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 4: Response-Dependence: What’s in it for the Realist? – Sections V-VI.The first two paragraphs are a review of RD’s shortcomings, and then we begin to discuss Crispin Wright’s “superassertibility”, … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 4: Response-Dependence: What’s in it for the Realist? – Section IV.This section covers Kant’s influence in the RD debate via McDowell’s revision of him.From chapter 3, section III, though … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 4: Response-Dependence: What’s in it for the Realist? – Section III.This is where the rubber meets the road, to Norris, in light of the 2000 election: Epistemological issue: (1) … Continue reading →

Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 4: Response-Dependence: What’s in it for the Realist? – Sections I-II. Chief claim: third-way alternative satisfying both the realist’s “demands for truth as something other (and more) than epistemic … Continue reading →