Dr. Kotsonis’ current and past research lies at the intersection of virtue theory, epistemology, and education. It concentrates on the study of the concept of intellectual excellence and the development of new epistemological and educational theories of virtue. He has developed a distinctive methodology that integrates conceptual, historical, and educational approaches to the study of epistemic virtue. His doctoral thesis was the first study to examine the significance of the Platonic conception of intellectual virtues for contemporary epistemology and education. Integrating historical and philosophical methods, Dr. Kotsonis demonstrated the significance of Plato’s work to contemporary epistemology and philosophy of education.
His current project builds on this interdisciplinary methodology and aims to provide an account of the virtue of epistemic collaborativeness and embed it within a distinctive character epistemology of education. The goal is to reconceptualize education by providing a sophisticated account of one of its key features – epistemic collaborativeness. Notably, some of our educational practices may have to be reassessed if considered in terms of their capacity to foster epistemic collaborativeness (e.g. relentless agonistic testing of students).
(2024)*. Epistemic vice rehabilitation: Saints and sinners zetetic exemplarism. Educational Theory. (With Dunne G.). DOI: 10.1111/edth.12624
(2024)*. Carving at the joints: Distinguishing epistemic wrongs from epistemic harms in epistemic injustice contexts. Episteme. (With Dunne G.). DOI: 10.1017/epi.2023.62
(2023)*. The harms of unattainable pedagogical exemplars on social media. Journal of Moral Education. (With Dunne G.). DOI: 10.1080/03057240.2023.2225763
(2023)*. Plato’s legacy to education: Addressing two misunderstandings. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 57(3), 739-747 DOI: 10.1093/jopedu/qhad049
(2023)*. Epistemic collaborativeness as an intellectual virtue. Erkenntnis, 88(3), 869-884. DOI: 10.1007/s10670-021-00384-y
(2023)*. Epistemic exploitation in education. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 55(3), 343-355 (With Dunne, G.). DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2022.2094249
(2023)*. Moral exemplarism as a powerful indoctrinating tool. Journal of Value Inquiry 57(4), 593-605. DOI: 10.1007/s10790-021-09844-8
(2023)*. On the virtue of epistemic justice and the vice of epistemic injustice. Episteme 20(3), 598-610. DOI: 10.1017/epi.2022.32
(2022)*. The Aristotelian understanding of intellectual vice: Its significance for contemporary vice epistemology. European Journal of Philosophy, 30(3), 1161-1172. DOI: 10.1111/ejop.12725
(2022)*. Educating for collaboration: A virtue education approach. Ethics & Education, 17(3), 311-323. DOI: 10.1080/17449642.2022.2111485
* peer-reviewed publication