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doxastic accounts of modesty - Coggle Diagram
doxastic accounts of modesty
explain modesty and its value by appeal to the presence or absence of certain
beliefs
Relevant beliefs
Form
typically self-evaluations
beliefs about our own value, skill, or goodness
Content
sometimes taken to be comparative and sometimes not
difference between thinking that you’re really great and thinking that you are better than others
Ignorance accounts
explain modesty by appeal to states that are epistemically defective in some way
modest person:
either lacks certain beliefs about their own goodness;
or has false beliefs that involve underrating themselves
Accuracy accounts
explain modesty via beliefs that are epistemically good
aim to remove any tension between epistemic and moral virtue
modesty is about getting it right about one’s place in the world
Strong accuracy accounts
make modesty incompatible with ignorance
modesty is about having accurate beliefs
Weak accuracy accounts
deny that modesty requires an epistemic defect
leave it open whether moral virtue is compatible with epistemic vices