A Virtue Epistemology presents a new approach to some of the oldest and most gripping problems of philosophy, those of knowledge and skepticism. Ernest Sosa argues for two levels of knowledge, the animal and the reflective, each viewed as a distinctive human accomplishment. By adopting a kind of virtue epistemology in line with the tradition found in Aristotle, Aquinas, Reid, and especially Descartes, he presents an account of knowledge which can be used to shed light on different varieties of skepticism, the nature and status of intuitions, and epistemic normativity.

• Preface to the Two-volume work


• Preface and acknowledgements


• 1: Lecture One: Dreams and Philosophy


• 2: Lecture Two: A Virtue Epistemology


• 3: Lecture Three: Intuitions


• 4: Lecture Four: Epistemic Normativity


• 5: Lecture Five: Virtue, Luck, and Credit


• 6: Lecture Six: The Problem of the Criterion