Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
7-2019
Abstract
I lay out the challenge posed by testimonial knowledge in young children to virtue reliabilist accounts of knowledge. In particular, I examine accounts from Greco and Pritchard and argue that those accounts are too demanding. More specifically, I make the case that young children can have testimonial knowledge without meeting the ability requirements claimed by Greco and Pritchard. As a virtue theoretic alternative, I argue that an agent's belief must be epistemically virtuous, but that this may sometimes involve belief from a trait rather than an ability.
Discipline
Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
South African Journal of Philosophy
Volume
38
Issue
3
First Page
263
Last Page
272
ISSN
0258-0136
Identifier
10.1080/02580136.2019.1648122
Publisher
Taylor and Francis Group
Citation
RYAN, Shane.(2019). Virtuous testimonial belief in young children. South African Journal of Philosophy, 38(3), 263-272.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3685
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2019.1648122