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    Linda Zagzebski — Carmelics
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    Linda Zagzebski

    contemporaryVirtue Epistemology

    b. 1946

    Linda Zagzebski is an American philosopher known for her influential work in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and virtue theory. She is best known for developing virtue epistemology and for her work on religious epistemology, divine motivation theory, and the relationship between intellectual and moral virtues.

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    Notable Achievements

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    Developed divine motivation theory as an alternative to divine command theory

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    Pioneered virtue epistemology in 'Virtues of the Mind' (1996)

    3

    Formulated the Zagzebski problem challenging reliabilist accounts of knowledge

    4

    Advanced exemplarist moral theory grounding ethics in exemplary persons

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    Contributed significantly to epistemology of testimony and trust

    Positions & Arguments

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    Skepticism

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    McPeck has not provided a convincing argument that there are no general thinking skills.

    Truth & Knowledge

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    McPeck has not provided a convincing argument that there are no general thinking skills.

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    Testimonial justification can be generated through a chain of testimony even when the transmitting testifier lacks justified belief

    Divine Attributes

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    If 'causally sufficient condition' is taken in the strong sense, Scotus's argument's first premise is likely false.

    Causation

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    If 'causally sufficient condition' is taken in the strong sense, Scotus's argument's first premise is likely false.

    Free Will & Foreknowledge

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    Disputes about free will ineluctably involve disputes about metaphysics and ethics.

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    Truth & Knowledge2
    Causation1
    Free Will & Foreknowledge1
    Skepticism1
    Divine Attributes1

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