Jeanne Nakamura

Learning from Exemplars

Commentary on Timothy Reilly’s Paper "Exemplarity and Virtue: Understanding Virtuous Exemplarity in Science”
Section: Articles
Volume 5 (2018) / Issue 2, pp. 172-180 (9)
Published 16.04.2019
DOI 10.1628/ptsc-2018-0015
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Summary
This commentary discusses the value of exemplar research. Then, based on Timothy Reilly’s paper "Exemplarity and Virtue: Understanding Virtuous Exemplarity in Science,” it considers what can be learned about virtue in the practice of science, and human flourishing more broadly, by comparing different types of exemplars.