Develops a new kind of epistemological position that highlights virtue over more standard epistemological theories.Having adequate knowledge of the world is not just a matter of survival but also one of obligation. This obligation to well is what philosophers have termed responsibility. In this innovative and eclectic study Lorraine Code explores the possibilities inherent in this concept as a basis for understanding human attempts to know and understand the world and for discerning the nature of intellectual virtue. By focusing on the idea that knowing is a creative process guided by imperatives of epistemic responsibility Code provides a fresh perspective on the theory of knowledge.From this new perspective Code poses questions about knowledge that have a different focus from those traditionally raised in the two leading epistemological theories foundationalism and coherentism.