Vices of the mind : from the intellectual to the political / Quassim Cassam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cassam, Quassim, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vices.

Virtues.

Ethics.

Philosophy of mind.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 202 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

From the intellectual to the political

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Quassim Cassam introduces the idea of epistemic vices, character traits that get in the way of knowledge, such as closed-mindedness, intellectual arrogance, wishful thinking, and prejudice. Using examples from politics to illustrate the vices at work, he considers whether we are responsible for such failings, and what we can do about them.

Contents:

1. The anatomy of vice

2. A question of character

3. Vicious thinking

4. Epistemic postures

5. Vice and knowledge

6. Vice and responsibility

7. Stealthy vices

8. Self-improvement.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 7, 2019).

ISBN:

0-19-256164-2

0-19-186582-6

0-19-256163-4