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Traditional Epistemology Reconsidered A Reply to Eflin
Author(s) -
McGonigal Andrew
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
metaphilosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1467-9973
pISSN - 0026-1068
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9973.00260
Subject(s) - epistemology , presupposition , philosophy , construal level theory , scope (computer science) , social epistemology , epistemic virtue , epistemology of wikipedia , virtue , sociology , social science , computer science , programming language
In this article, I reply to Juli Eflin's “Epistemic Presuppositions and Their Consequences.” I query Eflin's construal of the aims, scope and method of traditional epistemology, and go on to evaluate several of the central characteristics of Eflin's positive account – pluralistic virtue epistemology.