Many metaphysicians utilize the virtue-driven methodology. According to this methodology, one theory is more worthy of endorsement than another insofar as it is more virtuous. In this paper, I show how a theory's overall virtue is shaped by its ideological parsimony – parsimony with respect to the terminology employed in stating the theory. I distinguish between a theory's truth and its fidelity (‘joint-carvingness’) and the corresponding epistemic and fidelic virtues. I argue that ideological parsimony is not an epistemic virtue but is a fidelic virtue. Insofar as metaphysicians value fidelity, then, ideological parsimony has an important role in theory choice.

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高保真形而上学：理论选择中的意识形态简约

许多形而上学家使用美德驱动的方法论。根据这种方法论，一种理论比另一种理论更值得认可，因为它更具有美德。在这篇论文中，我展示了一个理论的整体美德是如何被它的意识形态简约性所塑造的——对于陈述理论所使用的术语的简约性。我区分了一个理论的真实性及其忠实性（“联合雕刻性”）以及相应的认知和忠实美德。我认为，意识形态的吝啬不是一种认知美德，而是一种忠诚的美德。就形而上学家重视忠诚而言，意识形态的简约在理论选择中具有重要作用。