Article ID: CBB001024154

Pierre Duhem's Epistemic Aims and the Intellectual Virtue of Humility: A Reply to Ivanova (2011)

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David Stump (2007) has recently argued that Pierre Duhem can be interpreted as a virtue epistemologist. Stump's claims have been challenged by Milena Ivanova (2010) on the grounds that Duhem's `epistemic aims' are more modest than those of virtue epistemologists. I challenge Ivanova's criticism of Stump by arguing that she not distinguish between `reliabilist' and `responsibilist' virtue epistemologies. Once this distinction is drawn, Duhem clearly emerges as a `virtue-responsibilist' in a way that complements Ivanova's positive proposal that Duhem's `good sense' reflects a conception of the `ideal scientist'. I support my proposal that Duhem is a `virtue-responsibilist' by arguing that his rejection of the possibility of our producing a `perfect theory' reflects the key responsibilist virtue of `intellectual humility'.

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Authors & Contributors
Fortino, Mirella
Gori, Pietro
Zellini, Susanna
Calemi, Francesco
João Príncipe
Vinti, Carlo
Concepts
Epistemology
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
History of philosophy of science
Physics
Philosophers of science, modern
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Europe
France
Prague (Czechia)
Germany
Austro-hungary
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