Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
4-2017
Abstract
I argue against Greco's account of the value of knowledge, according to which knowledge is distinctively valuable vis-a-vis that which falls short of knowledge in virtue of its status as an achievement and achievements being finally valuable. Instead, I make the case that virtuous belief is also an achievement. I argue that the nature of knowledge is such that knowledge is finally valuable in a way that virtuous belief is not, precisely because knowledge is not simply a success from ability. The value of knowledge lies in the positive responsiveness of the world to an agent's epistemic virtuousness.
Discipline
Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Philosophy
Volume
92
Issue
2
First Page
249
Last Page
269
ISSN
0031-8191
Identifier
10.1017/S0031819116000668
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Citation
RYAN, Shane.(2017). Why knowledge is special. Philosophy, 92(2), 249-269.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3684
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031819116000668