Intellectual Agency and Virtue Epistemology

Drawing on the work of Maria Montessori and contemporary virtue epistemologists such as Linda Zagzebski and Jason Baehr <i>Intellectual Agency and Virtue Epistemology</i> presents a new interpretation of the nature of intellectual agency and its associated virtues.<br/><br/>Focusing on Montessori's interpretation of specific virtues including sensory attentiveness intellectual love and intellectual humility it discusses why these are virtues why one can be held responsible for them and how they relate to each other. Moreover it considers pedagogical implications of considering these capacities to be virtues. <i>Intellectual Agency and Virtue Epistemology</i> not only reveals the value of seeing Montessori as a virtue epistemologist it encourages educationalists to take seriously the cultivation of intellectual virtues as an important part of the education of children.<br/><b></b>