Morris, Rebecca (2020) Intellectual generosity and the reward structure of mathematics. Synthese.
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Prominent mathematician William Thurston was praised by other mathematicians for his intellectual generosity. But what does it mean to say Thurston was intellectually generous? And is being intellectually generous beneficial? To answer these questions I turn to virtue epistemology and, in particular, Roberts and Wood's (2007) analysis of intellectual generosity. By appealing to Thurston's own writings and interviewing mathematicians who knew and worked with him, I argue that Roberts and Wood's analysis nicely captures the sense in which he was intellectually generous. I then argue that intellectual generosity is beneficial because it counteracts negative effects of the reward structure of mathematics that can stymie mathematical progress.
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| Keywords: | Virtue epistemology; intellectual virtues; intellectual generosity; mathematical practice | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Epistemology Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Practice Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Values |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Rebecca Lea Morris | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2020 15:09 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2020 15:09 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 17702 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Synthese | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02660-w | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1007/s11229-020-02660-w | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Epistemology Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Practice Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Values |
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| Date: | 21 May 2020 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17702 |
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