Ideas from 'Virtue Epistemology' by Jonathan Kvanvig [2011], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Routledge Companion to Epistemology' (ed/tr Bernecker,S/Pritchard,D) [Routledge 2014,978-0-415-72269-8]].

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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 1. Epistemic virtues
Epistemic virtues: love of knowledge, courage, caution, autonomy, practical wisdom...
If epistemic virtues are faculties or powers, that doesn't explain propositional knowledge
The value of good means of attaining truth are swamped by the value of the truth itself