Intellectual Agency and Virtue Epistemology: A Montessori Perspective

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Intellectual Agency and Virtue Epistemology: A Montessori Perspective is written by Patrick Frierson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 135001883X (ISBN 10) and 9781350018839 (ISBN 13).

Drawing on the work of Maria Montessori and contemporary virtue epistemologists such as Linda Zagzebski and Jason Baehr, Intellectual Agency and Virtue Epistemology presents a new interpretation of the nature of intellectual agency and its associated virtues. 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. Intellectual Agency and Virtue Epistemology 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.