Intellectual Virtues An Essay in Regulative Epistemology [Hardcover]

From the ferment of recent debates about the intellectual virtues, Roberts and Wood develop an approach they call 'regulative epistemology', exploring the connection between knowledge and intellectual virtue. In the course of their argument they analyse particular virtues of intellectual life - such as courage, generosity, and humility - in detail.

Part One: Contexts
1. Epistemology
2. Goods
3. Virtues
4. Faculties
5. Practices
Part Two: Intellectual Virtues
6. Love of Knowledge
7. Firmness
8. Courage and Caution
9. Humility
10. Autonomy
11. Generosity
12. Practical Wisdom

Intellectual Virtuesis a major contribution to the literature in character-based virtue epistemology. It is a very rich, novel, and important contribution to the literature in character-based virtue epistemology; it is, in fact, the most important contribution in the last decade. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in virtue epistemology and it is sure to enjoy this status for many years to come. --Jason Baehr,Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews