Ohlhorst, J. (2022) Dual processes, dual virtues. Philosophical Studies, 179(7), pp. 2237-2257. (doi: 10.1007/s11098-021-01761-7)
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Abstract
I argue that virtue reliabilism and virtue responsibilism are complementary. They do not give competing accounts of epistemic virtue. Rather they explain the excellent functioning of different parts of our cognitive apparatus. Reliabilist virtue designates the excellent functioning of fast and context-specific Type 1 cognitive processes, while responsibilist virtue means an excellent functioning of effortful and reflective Type 2 cognitive processes. This account unifies reliabilist and responsibilist virtue theory. But the virtues are not unified by designating some epistemic norm that both aim at. Instead, I unify them through their cognitive foundations. Because Type 1 and Type 2 cognition are complementary, reliabilist and responsibilist virtues are complementary. Thereby, this dual-process theory of epistemic virtue gives a naturalised account of virtues as well as an explanation of how reliabilism and responsibilism relate. This approach offers a solution for both the generality problem and the situationist challenge to virtue epistemology; additionally it preserves the epistemological autonomy of each virtue type.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Additional Information: | Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. Humboldt-Fundation; Deutsches Ministerium für Bildung und Forschung; Swiss National Fund (Grant No. P1SKP1_194962). |
| Keywords: | Virtue epistemology, dual-process theory, reliabilism, responsibilism, cognitive psychology. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Ohlhorst, Jakob |
| Authors: | Ohlhorst, J. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities |
| Journal Name: | Philosophical Studies |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| ISSN: | 0031-8116 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1573-0883 |
| Published Online: | 01 December 2021 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2021 The Author |
| First Published: | First published in Philosophical Studies 179(7): 2237-2257 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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