Foreign thinker
Linda Zagzebski
Linda ZagzebskiVirtue Epistemology and Philosophy of ReligionAmerican
Real knowledge is not merely the product of logical rules, but requires the moral character and intellectual virtues of the human being oneself.
Life and Thought
Linda Zagzebski (born 1946) is a prominent American philosopher and Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. She is considered one of the principal founders and leading figures of "Virtue Epistemology" and has conducted extensive research on the connection between ethics and epistemology. Her theorizing about epistemic authority, faith, and intellectual virtues has had a profound impact on contemporary analytic philosophy and the philosophy of religion.
