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#938 Duncan Pritchard: Truth, and Cultivating Intellectual Virtues

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Exploring the Value of Ignorance and Intellectual Virtues in Education

The chapter delves into the importance of ignorance and the distinction between ignorance and lack of knowledge, emphasizing how education can address ignorance. It discusses the core aim of education in cultivating intellectual virtues and the Antita Virtues project at UC Irvine aimed at embedding intellectual virtues in education. The chapter also explores the challenges of sustaining intellectual virtues in various social and epistemic contexts, highlighting the importance of prioritizing truth in disciplines like science and journalism.

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