The epistemic value of reflection

Authors

  • Allysson Vasconcelos Lima Rocha Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Keywords:

reflection, epistemic value, virtue epistemology, ignorance

Abstract

I discuss reflection as a means to achieve true belief and avoid error. I argue in the first section how can this be treated as a separate problem. In the second section, I discuss Sosa’s Virtue Epistemology approach to the epistemic value of reflection. In the third, I raise problems for this view and argue that, if ignorance possess epistemic value, it is an interesting form of dealing with these difficulties.

Author Biography

Allysson Vasconcelos Lima Rocha, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Doutorando do PPGFIL da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, com mestrado no mesmo. No momento, realiza doutorado-sanduíche na Vanderbilt University, sob orientação do professor Scott Aikin.

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Published

2018-09-20