Kunskapens värde. Mot en dygdepistemologisk position
The value of knowledge,Meno problem,Virtue epistemology,Ernest Sosa,Swamping problem,Axiology,Final valueSystematic philosophyEthicsAestheticsMetaphysicsEpistemologyIdeologySystematisk filosofiEtikEstetikMetafysikKunskapsteoriIdeologiPhilosophy and Religion
"The Value of Knowledge - Towards a Virtue Epistemological Position" The classical question, first posed in Plato's Meno, concerning the value of knowledge constitutes the starting point of this essay. Value analysis has long been neglected in epistemologist's accounts until its re-emergence with the tradition called ?virtue epistemology?, in particular with scholars following Ernest Sosa. Like virtue ethics virtue epistemological accounts changes the focus from the object to the agent, i.e. from knowledge to intellectual virtue. A problem facing this kind of analysis is the so called ?swamping problem?. In this essay a contemporary axiological foundation, i.e. ?post-Moore?, is illuminating the problem. Given the notion of final value the ?swamping problem? does not seem to be that troublesome. This will open up the weighing between different accounts for new measurements, and it will be argued that Sosa's theory is superior to other theories, like those of Jonathan Kvanvig, Alvin Goldman and Duncan Pritchard.