Universität Wien

180027 VO Intellectuel virtue (2013S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Moodle

Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 08.04. 14:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Monday 15.04. 14:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Monday 22.04. 14:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Monday 29.04. 14:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Monday 06.05. 14:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Monday 13.05. 14:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Monday 27.05. 14:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Monday 03.06. 14:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Monday 10.06. 14:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Monday 17.06. 14:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
  • Monday 24.06. 14:30 - 16:30 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Our daily talk is full of intellectual virtues and vices. We say that George Bush is a bigot, that Nelson Mandela has intellectual integrity, that Giordano Bruno was intellectually courageous. We not only make such judgements all the time but we really care about them. When I call you a bigot, it hurts; you try to show me that I am mistaken. But what are these virtues we take so seriously really? Are they natural capacities, like being able to sing in tune, or acquirable character traits, like being generous? And why do we care whether we are intellectually virtuous, anyway? These questions matter for how you should live your life. If, for example, intellectual virtues and vices turned out to be just natural capacities like being able to sing in tune, then it would be pointless criticising you for being a bigot; more seriously, it would be equally pointless for you to try to be more open-minded.

FIRST MEETING: 18 March 2013 - no reading

Assessment and permitted materials

Either exam on 24.04.2013

or 1 essay on preset topic, 15 pages/ 6000 words, by 31.07.2013

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Papers/ book excerpts by leading virtue epistemologists - Linda Zagzebski, James Montmarquet, Robert C. Roberts and W. Jay Wood, Ernest Sosa, John Greco, Alvin Plantinga, Wayne Riggs, and James Baehr

All readings available on egate: https://moodle.univie.ac.at/course/view.php?id=20303&sesskey=NyBpfM5Lu7

Association in the course directory

BA M 5.4, PP § 57.3.3, HPS M1.1

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