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Vladimir Solov'ëv's "virtue epistemology"

Edward Swiderski

pp. 199-218

Abstrakt

I attempt to clarify the connection between two late texts by V.S. Solov'ëv: Justification of the Good and Theoretical Philosophy. Solov'ëv drew attention to the intrinsic connection between moral and intellectual virtues. Theoretical Philosophy is the initial -- unfinished -- sketch of the dynamism of mind seeking truth as a good. I sketch several parallels and analogies between the doctrine of moral experience set out in Justification and the account of the intellect's dynamism based on immediate certitude set out in Theoretical Philosophy. Solov'ëv can thus be considered as a "virtue epistemologist' in the current meaning given to this description. I conclude by suggesting that Solov'ëv's position on these questions does not easily cohere with the "impersonalism' he appears to defend in Theoretical Philosophy.

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Published in:

(1999) Studies in East European Thought 51 (3).

Seiten: 199-218

DOI: 10.1023/A:1008702426620

Referenz:

Swiderski Edward (1999) „Vladimir Solov'ëv's "virtue epistemology"“. Studies in East European Thought 51 (3), 199–218.