Bridges Between Virtue Epistemology and Philosophy of Science

Fairweather, Abrol

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04672-3_1

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“…Philosophers and psychologists have also analyzed the role of intellectual virtues in various applied fields, such as education (Baehr, 2021) and scientific research (Hookway, 2003). In turn, relationships between the philosophy of science and the epistemology of virtue were also considered (Fairweather, 2014). Since intellectual virtues are the personal qualities that underpin the pursuit of knowledge across domains, it is reasonable to expect that they also contribute to overcoming obstacles to interdisciplinary research (Snow, 2022).…”

Section: Virtue Epistemologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Intellectual Virtues for Interdisciplinary Research: A Consensual Qualitative Analysis

Vanney,

Mesurado,

Sáenz

et al. 2023

Cognitive Science

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Through a qualitative approach, this study identified a specific subgroup of intellectual virtues necessary for developing interdisciplinary research. Cognitive science was initially conceived as a new discipline emerging from various fields, including philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and anthropology. Thus, a frequent debate among cognitive scientists is whether the initial multidisciplinary program successfully developed into a mature interdisciplinary field or evolved into a set of independent sciences of cognition. For several years, interdisciplinarity has been an aspiration for the academy, although the difficulties limiting the success of interdisciplinary collaborations have begun to erode that initial optimism. Our analysis suggests that the problems hindering the success of interdisciplinarity can be overcome by fostering certain intellectual character strengths in scholars. The Consensual Qualitative Research method was used to analyze nine semi‐structured interviews involving researchers with a long personal trajectory of interdisciplinary research between the sciences and the humanities. Three virtue domains emerged from the interviews’ analysis: (i) intellectual virtues, (ii) social virtues, and (iii) interpersonal intellectual virtues. The virtues of the third domain intersect with intellectual and social ones. They are intellectual because they pursue epistemic goods. But, unlike other intellectual virtues, they only develop in interpersonal settings, so they can also be considered to have a social component. Interpersonal intellectual virtues can be thus defined as intellectual character traits that facilitate the acquisition of knowledge (intellectual motivation) with and through other people in a reciprocal way (social environment). These virtues are essential for developing any successful collective epistemic enterprise, interdisciplinary research being a privileged context where these qualities manifest themselves in a relevant way.

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Section: Virtue Epistemologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Intellectual Virtues for Interdisciplinary Research: A Consensual Qualitative Analysis

Vanney,

Mesurado,

Sáenz

et al. 2023

Cognitive Science

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“…In this sense, regulative epistemology aims to provide guidance for inquiry by promoting and inculcating virtuous dispositions (Roberts and Wood 2007;Ballantyne 2019b). From a different perspective, some authors have also explored the link between virtue epistemology and the philosophy of science (Fairweather 2014). They ask, for example, whether epistemic virtues can contribute to the resolution of the problem of underdetermination (Stump 2007), the study of perceptual responsiveness in scientific 1 0 (2 ) / 2 0 2 2 observation (Vallor 2014), or the analysis of how intellectual virtues can be beneficial for a successful resolution of theory choice (Paternotte and Ivanova 2016), among other issues.…”

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The Intellectual Character of Interdisciplinary Researchers

Vanney

Sáenz²

2022

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The study and understanding of fundamental questions cannot be addressed by a single discipline. A plurality of insights needs to be integrated or coordinated to allow for mutual enrichment in interdisciplinary research. The intellectual character describes the set of dispositions that both configure and motivate intellectual behavior. In this paper, we explore the intellectual virtues that constitute the ideal character of an interdisciplinary researcher. We look at dimensions of several intellectual virtues – intellectual curiosity, open-mindedness, intellectual humility, and intellectual honest – relevant to interdisciplinarity, we discuss the significance of other character traits – intellectual creativity and intellectual trust – for integrating a plurality of insights, and we argue for the need of a social cognition approach, emphasizing the relevance of interpersonal intellectual virtues in interdisciplinary inquiry. All these virtues are key constituents of the intellectual character of interdisciplinary researchers.

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“…Duncan Pritchard ( , 2010Pritchard ( , 2014 e Jonathan Kvanvig (2003) Jonathan Kvanvig (2003, p. 197 -198) Assuma também que essa pessoa está respondendo a partir de informações guardadas. Ela não está adivinhando ou inventando respostas, mas está honestamente afirmando o que ela acredita ser a verdade.…”

Section: Anti-reducionismo E Sorte Epistêmicaunclassified

Pode O Entendimento Ser Obtido Por Sorte?

Rodrigues¹

2022

XXII Semana Acadêmica Do PPG-Filosofia PUCRS - VOL. 2 – FILOSOFIA CONTEMPORÂNEA I

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O que é entender? Quais são as características que marcam o entendimento? O que queremos dizer quando entendemos por que a casa pegou fogo? O que queremos dizer quando dizemos: "eu entendo física", "eu entendo economia"; "eu entendo a teoria da evolução", "eu entendo a economia brasileira"? O verbo entender está no cotidiano não só das pessoas comuns, mas também dos especialistas (biólogos, climatologistas, antropólogos, físicos, etc.). Biólogos buscam entender como as espécies evoluem, os climatologistas buscam entender quais são as consequências das mudanças climáticas, os físicos buscam entender como conciliar a mecânica quântica com a mecânica relativística. Mas o que significa entender? O que basicamente pode-se dizer sobre entendimento é que entender algo (ou mesmo 1 Os resultados e o texto aqui expostos são parte da minha dissertação intitulada Entendimento e Sorte Epistêmica (2022) financiada pela CAPES.

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Bridges Between Virtue Epistemology and Philosophy of Science

Cited by 6 publications

References 33 publications

Intellectual Virtues for Interdisciplinary Research: A Consensual Qualitative Analysis

Intellectual Virtues for Interdisciplinary Research: A Consensual Qualitative Analysis

The Intellectual Character of Interdisciplinary Researchers

Pode O Entendimento Ser Obtido Por Sorte?

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