| Knowledge, Dexterity, and Attention: A Theory of Epistemic Agency Contributor(s): Fairweather, Abrol (Author), Montemayor, Carlos (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107089824 ISBN-13: 9781107089822 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $68.39 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology |
| Dewey: 121 |
| LCCN: 2017007130 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.98 lbs) 204 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Contemporary cognitive science clearly tells us that attention is modulated for speech and action. While these forms of goal-directed attention are very well researched in psychology, they have not been sufficiently studied by epistemologists. In this book, Abrol Fairweather and Carlos Montemayor develop and defend a theory of epistemic achievements that requires the manifestation of cognitive agency. They examine empirical work on the psychology of attention and assertion, and use it to ground a normative theory of epistemic achievements and virtues. The resulting study is the first sustained, naturalized virtue epistemology, and will be of interest to readers in epistemology, cognitive science, and beyond. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fairweather, Abrol: - Abrol Fairweather is Lecturer in Philosophy at San Francisco State University. He has edited several volumes on virtue epistemology, including Virtue Epistemology (with Linda Zagzebski, 2001), Naturalizing Epistemic Virtue (with Own Flanagan, 2014), and Epistemic Situationism (with Mark Alfano, 2017).Montemayor, Carlos: - Carlos Montemayor is Associate Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University. He is the author of Minding Time: A Philosophical and Theoretical Approach to the Psychology of Time (2013) and Consciousness, Attention, and Conscious Attention (with H. H. Haladjian, 2015). |