180662 SE Epistemic Agency (2010S)
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03.03.
15:00 - 17:00
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10.03.
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02.06.
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09.06.
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
We are agents in the world - unlike plants, animals and infants, we form intentions, act on them and are held responsible for our actions. But we would not have intentions and would not act unless we had beliefs. I would not apologise to you if I didn't believe that I had hurt you. You would not jump in the water to save the drowning child if you didn't believe that she was drowning. Are we then responsible for the way in which we form our beliefs? Do we have obligations and duties to form them in some way (say, by following the evidence) rather than another (say, by throwing a coin and letting the outcome dictate what we believe)? Are there such things as epistemic virtues and vices - i.e., some character traits which make us good believers (such as open-mindedness, say) and other character traits which make us vicious believers (such as the habit of jumping to conclusions, say)? Analytic epistemologists have recently become increasingly concerned with these questions. Answering them means developing a theory of epistemic agency. This is the theory we will be developing in this course. The course is divided in three parts. In Part 1 we think about whether we can be held responsible for our beliefs. In Parts 2 and 3 we consider two ways of understanding the idea of epistemic virtues and vices.
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
PROGRAMMEPart 1 - belief, voluntariness, responsibilitySession 1
Introduction: belief, voluntariness, responsibility, virtues.Session 2
Richard Feldman (2008) 'Modest deontologism in epistemology', Synthese 161.Session 3
Hieronymi, Pamela (2009) 'Two types of agency' Mental Agency, Lucy O'Brien and Matthew Soteriou (eds.) (Oxford: OUP).
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/phil/faculty/Phieronymi/pdfs/PH_TwoKinds.pdfSession 4
Pascal.Engel 'Epsitemic responsibility without epistemic agency'
http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/enseignants/pe/Engel%202009%20Epistemic%20responsibility%20without%20epistemic%20agency%20-%20draft.pdfSession 5
Steup, Matthias (2008) 'Doxastic freedom' Synthese 161.Session 6
Montmarquet, James (2008) 'Virtue and voluntarism' Synthese 161.Session 7
Audi, Robert (2008) 'The ethics of belief: doxastic self-control and intellectual virtue' Synthese 161.Part 2: Reliabilist virtue epistemologiesSession 8
Kvanvig, Jonathan (2010) 'Virtue Epistemology' Routledge Companion to Epistemology, edited by Duncan Pritchard and Sven Bernecker, forthcoming.
http://bearspace.baylor.edu/Jonathan_Kvanvig/www/pdf/Virtue%20Epistemology.pdfSession 9
Sosa, Ernest (1980) 'The Raft and the Pyramid: Coherence versus Foundations in the Theory of Knowledge' reprinted in Epistemology: An Anthology. Sosa, E. and Kim, J. (eds.) (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell).Session 10
Sosa, Ernest (2007) 'A virtue Epistemology' A Virtue Epistemology: Apt Belief and Reflective Knowledge, Vol. 1 (Oxford: OUP).Session 11
Greco, John (2001) 'Virtues and Vices of Virtue Epistemology' Epistemology: An Anthology. Sosa, E. and Kim, J. (eds.) (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell).Part 3: Responsibilist virtue epistemologiesSession 12
Code, Lorraine (1984) 'Toward a `Responsibilist' Epistemology' Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Sep., 1984), pp. 29-50Session 13
Montmarquet, James (1987) 'Epistemic Virtue' Mind 96 (384): 482-497.Session 14
Baehr, Jason S. (2006) 'Character in Epistemology' Philosophical Studies 128:479-514.Session 15
Zagzebski, Linda (2001) 'Virtues of the Mind' Epistemology: An Anthology. Sosa, E. and Kim, J. (eds.) (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell).
Introduction: belief, voluntariness, responsibility, virtues.Session 2
Richard Feldman (2008) 'Modest deontologism in epistemology', Synthese 161.Session 3
Hieronymi, Pamela (2009) 'Two types of agency' Mental Agency, Lucy O'Brien and Matthew Soteriou (eds.) (Oxford: OUP).
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/phil/faculty/Phieronymi/pdfs/PH_TwoKinds.pdfSession 4
Pascal.Engel 'Epsitemic responsibility without epistemic agency'
http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/enseignants/pe/Engel%202009%20Epistemic%20responsibility%20without%20epistemic%20agency%20-%20draft.pdfSession 5
Steup, Matthias (2008) 'Doxastic freedom' Synthese 161.Session 6
Montmarquet, James (2008) 'Virtue and voluntarism' Synthese 161.Session 7
Audi, Robert (2008) 'The ethics of belief: doxastic self-control and intellectual virtue' Synthese 161.Part 2: Reliabilist virtue epistemologiesSession 8
Kvanvig, Jonathan (2010) 'Virtue Epistemology' Routledge Companion to Epistemology, edited by Duncan Pritchard and Sven Bernecker, forthcoming.
http://bearspace.baylor.edu/Jonathan_Kvanvig/www/pdf/Virtue%20Epistemology.pdfSession 9
Sosa, Ernest (1980) 'The Raft and the Pyramid: Coherence versus Foundations in the Theory of Knowledge' reprinted in Epistemology: An Anthology. Sosa, E. and Kim, J. (eds.) (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell).Session 10
Sosa, Ernest (2007) 'A virtue Epistemology' A Virtue Epistemology: Apt Belief and Reflective Knowledge, Vol. 1 (Oxford: OUP).Session 11
Greco, John (2001) 'Virtues and Vices of Virtue Epistemology' Epistemology: An Anthology. Sosa, E. and Kim, J. (eds.) (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell).Part 3: Responsibilist virtue epistemologiesSession 12
Code, Lorraine (1984) 'Toward a `Responsibilist' Epistemology' Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Sep., 1984), pp. 29-50Session 13
Montmarquet, James (1987) 'Epistemic Virtue' Mind 96 (384): 482-497.Session 14
Baehr, Jason S. (2006) 'Character in Epistemology' Philosophical Studies 128:479-514.Session 15
Zagzebski, Linda (2001) 'Virtues of the Mind' Epistemology: An Anthology. Sosa, E. and Kim, J. (eds.) (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell).
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
To develop a detailed critical understanding of the central questions of the debate and too establish fruitful connections amongst these questions.
Prüfungsstoff
Each session starts with a lecture and is followed by a discussion of the reading for that session. Having read the prescribed paper is therefore essential. But since this debate is emergent and we will need to do construction work together, knowledge of the secondary literature will be also needed.
Literatur
SECONDARY READINGSBaehr, J., 2008, 'Four Varieties of Character-based Virtue Epistemology' The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 45, 469-502. link: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jbaehr/Four%20Varieties.docChurch, Jennifer (2002) 'Taking it to heart: What choice do we have?' The Monist, 85: 3.Clifford, W. K. (1879) 'The Ethics of Belief' Lectures and Essays by W. K. Clifford, edited by Lesley Stephen & Frederick Pollock (London: Macmillan).Code, Lorraine (1987) Epistemic Responsibility (Hanover: UP of New England).
DePaul, M. & Zagzebski, L. (eds) (2002) Intellectual Virtue: Perspectives from Ethics and
Epistemology (Oxford University Press).Fairweather, Abrol & Zagzebski, Linda (eds) (2001) Virtue Epistemology: Essays on Epistemic Virtue and Responsibility (New York: Oxford University Press).Greco, John (2002) 'Virtues in Epistemology' The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology, Paul Moser (ed.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press).Hieronymi, Pamela (2008) 'Responsibility for believing' Synthese 161.Kvanvig, Jonathan (2010) 'Sosa on Virtue Epistemology' Critica, forthcoming. http://bearspace.baylor.edu/Jonathan_Kvanvig/www/pdf/Sosa.pdfMontmarquet, James (1993) Epistemic Virtue and Doxastic Responsibility (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield).Owens, David (2000) Reason without Freedom: The problem of epistemic normativity (London: Routledge).Pritchard, D. and M. S. Brady (eds) (2006) Epistemic Virtue and Virtue Epistemology, special issue of Philosophical Studies 130.Pritchard, D. and M. S. Brady (eds) (2003)Virtues: Moral and Epistemic, special double issue of Metaphilosophy 34, 2003.Zagzebski, Linda (1996) Virtues of the Mind (Cambridge: CUP).
DePaul, M. & Zagzebski, L. (eds) (2002) Intellectual Virtue: Perspectives from Ethics and
Epistemology (Oxford University Press).Fairweather, Abrol & Zagzebski, Linda (eds) (2001) Virtue Epistemology: Essays on Epistemic Virtue and Responsibility (New York: Oxford University Press).Greco, John (2002) 'Virtues in Epistemology' The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology, Paul Moser (ed.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press).Hieronymi, Pamela (2008) 'Responsibility for believing' Synthese 161.Kvanvig, Jonathan (2010) 'Sosa on Virtue Epistemology' Critica, forthcoming. http://bearspace.baylor.edu/Jonathan_Kvanvig/www/pdf/Sosa.pdfMontmarquet, James (1993) Epistemic Virtue and Doxastic Responsibility (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield).Owens, David (2000) Reason without Freedom: The problem of epistemic normativity (London: Routledge).Pritchard, D. and M. S. Brady (eds) (2006) Epistemic Virtue and Virtue Epistemology, special issue of Philosophical Studies 130.Pritchard, D. and M. S. Brady (eds) (2003)Virtues: Moral and Epistemic, special double issue of Metaphilosophy 34, 2003.Zagzebski, Linda (1996) Virtues of the Mind (Cambridge: CUP).
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
MA M 2, § 4.1.4 und § 4.1.3
Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:36