From Virtue Epistemology to Abilism: Theoretical and Empirical Developments

Turri, J. (2015). From virtue epistemology to abilism: theoretical and empirical developments. In C. B. Miller, M. R. Furr, A. Knobel, & W. Fleeson (Eds.), Character: new directions from philosophy, psychology, and theology (pp. 315–330). Oxford University Press.

I review several theoretical and empirical developments relevant to assessing contemporary virtue epistemology’s theory of knowledge. What emerges is a leaner theory of knowledge that is more empirically adequate, better captures the ordinary conception of knowledge, and is ripe for cross-fertilization with cognitive science. I call this view abilism. Along the way I identify several topics for future research.