Intellectual Creativity, the Arts, and the University

As virtues of intellectual character are commonly discussed, they aim at propositional goods. But some creative works—especially those in music and the visual arts—are not primarily intended to gain, keep, or share goods such as truth, knowledge, understanding. They something else. Thus, conceive creativity a way that accords with standard discussions virtue is exclude paradigmatic works intellect. There kind puzzle here: it appears we cannot maintain both commonly-discussed notion claim that, say, Beethoven’s Ninth, Monet’s Water Lilies, central cases intellectually virtuous creativity. We provide two-part solution puzzle. First, suggest art can convey Second, appeal acquaintance an epistemic good conveyed through artistic musical extent prose works. In this respect, breaks mold much contemporary epistemology.