{"product_id":"inquiry-and-agency-jason-baehr-9780192856876","title":"Inquiry and Agency: A Theory of Intellectual Virtues and Vices","description":"In \u003cem\u003eInquiry and Agency\u003c\/em\u003e, Jason Baehr develops a systematic account of the nature, structure, and evaluative status of intellectual virtues and vices. Drawing on a theory of moral virtue by Robert Adams (2006), Baehr argues that intellectual virtues like curiosity, open-mindedness, and intellectual courage are ways of \"excellently being for epistemic goods\" that reflect favorably on who we are as persons, and that intellectual vices like dogmatism, narrow-mindedness, and intellectual arrogance are ways of falling short of this standard that contribute negatively to our personal worth. \u003cem\u003eInquiry and Agency\u003c\/em\u003e is the most in-depth and systematic treatment of intellectual virtues and vices since Linda Zagzebski's pioneering work \u003cem\u003eVirtues of the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e (1996). While advancing several debates in virtue epistemology, it proposes a model of intellectual virtues and vices that will be accessible to non-experts and useful to researchers in other disciplines. \u003cem\u003eInquiry and Agency\u003c\/em\u003e is the product of decades of reflection by a leading virtue epistemologist. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the characterological dimensions of the life of the mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Baehr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0192856871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192856876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Jason Baehr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47424976912639,"sku":"9780192856876","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_33f3f69f-08e8-4e74-9577-3c5399a0e02a.jpg?v=1761536151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inquiry-and-agency-jason-baehr-9780192856876","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}