Intellectual Dependability: A Virtue Theory of , Byerly Paperback..

Intellectual DependabilityA Virtue Theory of the Epistemic and Educational Ideal\nAuthor(s): T. Ryan Byerly\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367755638, 978-0367755638\nSynopsis\nIntellectual Dependability is the first research monograph devoted to addressing the question of what it is to be an intellectually dependable personthe sort of person on whom ones fellow inquirers can depend in their pursuit of epistemic goods. While neglected in recent scholarship, this question is an important one for both epistemologyhow we should conceptualize the ideal inquirerand educationhow we can enable developing learners to grow toward this ideal.\n\nThe book defends a virtue theory according to which being an intellectually dependable person is distinctively a matter of possessing a suite of neglected virtues called \""the virtues of intellectual dependability\"" that are themselves distinctively concerned with promoting epist.