Epistemology : becoming intellectually virtuous / W. Jay Wood. [print]

The nature of epistemology. When do epistemological questions arise? ; Epistemology and the pursuit of intellectual virtues ; The Christian and intellectual virtues ; Doing epistemology as if virtue mattered ; Is everyone called to pursue the intellectual virtues? -- Exploring the intellectual virtues. Types of intellectual virtue ; The structure of intellectual virtues ; Epistemology, virtue, and responsibility -- An extended look at some intellectual virtues. Studiousness and vicious curiousity ; Intellectual honesty and dishonesty ; Wisdom and folly ; The relationship between ancient and modern and contemporary ; Epistemological concerns -- Foundationalism. The motivation for foundationalism ; The rudiments of foundationalism ; Strong foundationalism ; Problems with strong foundationalism ; Modest foundationalism -- Epistemic justification. Evidentialism ; Coherentism ; Keith Lehrer's coherence theory -- Reliabilism. Objections to reliabilism ; Virtue epistemology and the internalism-externalism debate -- Epistemology and religious belief. Internalism and the justification of theism ; Externalism and the justification of theism ; Reformed epistemology -- The role of emotions and virtues in proper cognitive functioning. How emotions assist good thinking ; Emotions, intellectual virtues and religious belief ; Transformative emotional experiences.

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