Vanity, Narcissism, Timidity, and Fatalism

A. Tanesini
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This chapter provides account of four character traits in the intellectual domain: vanity and narcissism; timidity and self-fatalism. It argues that vanity and narcissism are vices of superiority while timidity and self-fatalism are vices of inferiority. They are characterized as opposed to acceptance of limitations and proper concern to be esteemed by others. Vanity is typical of those who show an excessive concern for being held in high esteem by other people. Timidity is instead exemplified by those whose fear to be exposed as intellectually inadequate is so extreme that they shun being noticed by other epistemic agents. Consequently, they exhibit insufficient concern for being held in esteem by their epistemic community. Narcissism is related to intellectual vanity. It involves a failure to accept one’s intellectual limitations due to an infatuation with one’s own intellectual abilities. Fatalism is a strengthening of timidity that consists in a disposition to resign oneself to the alleged intractability of one’s own intellectual limitations. The chapter also defends the view that vanity and narcissism are based on attitudes whose function is social-adjustive, while timidity and self-fatalism have attitudes serving an ego-defensive function as their causal bases.
虚荣、自恋、胆怯和宿命论
这一章阐述了知识领域的四种性格特征:虚荣和自恋;怯懦和自我宿命。它认为虚荣和自恋是优越的罪恶,胆怯和自我宿命是自卑的罪恶。他们的特点是反对接受限制,并适当地关心他人的尊重。虚荣心是那些过分关心被别人尊重的人的典型表现。相反,胆小的例子是那些害怕被暴露为智力不足的人,他们是如此极端,以至于他们回避被其他认知主体注意到。因此,他们没有表现出足够的关心被他们的知识共同体所尊重。自恋与智力虚荣心有关。它包括由于迷恋自己的智力能力而无法接受自己的智力局限。宿命论是怯懦的一种强化,怯懦表现为一种屈从于自己智力局限的所谓顽固的倾向。本章还为以下观点进行了辩护:虚荣和自恋是基于具有社会调节功能的态度,而胆怯和自我宿命论的因果基础是具有自我防御功能的态度。
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