User:Jcalle00/Epistemic virtue

Printy13's Peer Review Suggestions and Responses
" I recommend that you add sentences to introduce the new sections you added ("Foundations of Epistemology" and "Epistemic Virtues and Well-Being")"

- You are 100% right, I should add stronger lead sentences for each of my topics to help the reader better understand the concept I am about to present.

"The content that you have added so far seems to be relevant to the topic, but the lack of citations makes it difficult to truly follow your thought process and evaluate this content"

-I have more citations that I need to add but unfortunately I haven't had time to fill in the citations, but I am going to make sure that all of my work is backed up by evidence and that al my work is cited.

"The article, as it is now, does not represent a wide range of viewpoints. Adding content supported by a variety of sources might be good to help fix this issue."

- I need to do a better job at finding articles that represent a wide range of viewpoints. I am trying to include information that will help the reader pick a side on it's own as opposed to be pushing one side of the topic towards someone.

" In your sandbox, you haven't included any references for your proposed content, but in the actual article, you added one reference to support new content. Here are some examples of where you may want to add citations:"

-I am very grateful for your comment because you gave me these specific places where I should add citation, I was confused as to where I should add citation just because I didn't know how I know whether or not I should cite what I am saying. If they are my own conclusions that I got from the reading does it still need to cited?

"You should also work on further developing the new sections by adding more information supported by a range of authors."

- I didn't consider using authors with different views but this is a good point in order to make my argument for general and to help the readers have a more broader perspective on the topic I am writing about.

Article Draft:
I had already added this section right into the article when we were adding our citations last week

Lead
Virtues are generally defined by good moral character and epistemic virtues are otherwise defined as intellectual virtues.

Foundations of Epistemology
The foundation for epistemic virtues is epistemology, the theory of what we know to be true according to our own perception in relation to reality. Philosophers are interested in how the mind relates to reality. They focus on questions such as do we know things, how do we know things and when do we know these things. Their main concern is the overall nature of knowledge. Epistemology battles with skepticism by trying to come up with a base on which all knowledge and science can be built up on. Skepticism promotes an impasse to this because we must doubt what we know in order to know if what we know is indeed true.

Epistemic Virtues and Well-Being
Epistemic virtue is a system of systems of dispositions. An epistemically virtuous person is someone who is determined to find out what's true without having to question their own personal truth or be swayed by self-interest or feelings. There is an apparent tension between these two concepts because there are numerous times where the truth can make a person worse off. Without a doubt we all know of a moment where remaining ignorant was the better option as opposed to knowing the truth. An example of this would be a person being better off not knowing that their significant other is being unfaithful, some people would prefer to live in the lie because it would affect them less.

The epistemically virtuous person is more concerned with searching for the truth without being swayed by self-interest or other outside elements. A happy person would rather let some truths go unnoticed in the hopes of deceiving themselves for the sake of maintaining relationships and to repress any other feelings that may cause them to feel bad.

Virtues vs Epistemic Virtues
Virtues and epistemic virtues are two very distinct things that can be difficult to tell apart if not familiar with Epistemology and what it is first. Virtue is defined as a trait or quality that is seen to be morally right and is therefore considered to be a virtues trait. Now an epistemic virtue is the idea that our beliefs go through an ethical process and because of this they are influenced by our beliefs, personal virtues and just our own personal experiences. Virtues are more about the behavior and moral character and doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong. While on the other hand epistemic virtues are more focused on our thoughts and our own person beliefs.