The contribution of Confucius to virtue epistemology
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
7-2018
Abstract
Scholars have typically regarded Confucius as an ethical thinker broadly construed and not as an epistemological thinker. This chapter seeks to overturn that view and, in doing so, has three basic goals. The first goal is to make the case that Confucian thought is of epistemological significance. Goal two is to locate the significance of Confucian thought within epistemology while accounting for the past overlooking of this significance. The third goal is to show that Confucian thought is not only of epistemological significance, but that it can make a contribution to progressing contemporary epistemology.
Keywords
Confucius, virtue epistemology, reflection, meta-competence, reliabilism
Discipline
Epistemology
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Epistemology for the rest of the world
Editor
STICH, Stephen; MIZUMOTO, Masaharu; MCCREADY, Eric
First Page
65
Last Page
76
ISBN
9780190865085
Identifier
10.1093/oso/9780190865085.003.0005
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Citation
RYAN, Shane, & MI, Chienkuo. (2018). The contribution of Confucius to virtue epistemology. In Epistemology for the rest of the world (pp. 65-76). : Oxford University Press.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3716
Additional URL
http://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190865085.003.0005