Wood, W. Jay  1954-, <br/><br/>
Epistemology :  becoming intellectually virtuous /  [print] 
W. Jay Wood. 
 - Downers Grove, Illinois :  InterVarsity Press,  (c)1998. 
 - 216 pages ;  21 cm. 
 - Contours of Christian philosophy .
 - Contours of Christian philosophy. .
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<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780877845225 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98018829 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)<br/>Christianity--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT50 BT50.W881.E657 1998