[koglist] invitation to a talk on`Virtue Epistemology and Armchair Knowledge`by Nenad Miscevic - 29 November, 4.30 PM

The CEU Department of Philosophy cordially invites you to a talk (as part of its Departmental Colloquium series) by Nenad Miscevic (University of Maribor/CEU) on `Virtue Epistemology and Armchair Knowledge` Tuesday, 29 November, 2011, 4.30 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT Virtue-epistemology goes with aposterioritiy more cautiously, that the virtue-theoretic justification of armhcair (intuitional) beliefs is a structured one, containing important a posteriori elements. The pure intuition-derived justification might be (to some extent) a priori, but the full justification will involve heterogenous elements, and bring in aposteriority. The talk concentrates on John Greco’s proposal a priori intuition capacity and related ability etc.) Gets a part of its full justification from other, empirically oriented abilities (prominently perceptual ones). I want to show that withing Greco’s framework this seems to be part of the notion of integration. No matter how we descriptively characterize the integration-ties (possibly as non-inferential), they contribute to justification, and some of their crucial components are experiential. This then supports the presence of an a aposteriori component.