The mismeasure of the self : a study in vice epistemology / Alessandro Tanesini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tanesini, Alessandro, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vices.

Virtue.

Self-evaluation.

Intellect.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Other Title:

Study in vice epistemology

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This book is about vices of superiority, characteristic of those who feel entitled and have an inflated opinion of themselves, and vices of inferiority, typical of those who are riddled with self-doubt and feel inferior. Alessandra Tanesini shows the damaging effect that these vices of self-evaluation have on the life of the intellect.

Contents:

The measure and mismeasure of the self

Intellectual virtues and vices: sensibilities, thinking styles, and character traits

Attitude psychology and virtue epistemology: a new framework

Intellectual humility, proper pride, and proper concern with others' esteem

Superbia, arrogance, servility, and self-abasement

Vanity, narcissims, timidity, and fatalism

Harms and wrongs

Wrongs, responsibility, blame, and oppression

Teaching intellectual virtues, changing attitudes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-260251-9

0-19-189093-6

0-19-260250-0

OCLC:

1255223054