Accessibilism and the Challenge from Implicit Bias

Puddifoot, Katherine

Abstract

Recent research in social psychology suggests that many beliefs are formed as a result of implicit biases in favour of members of certain groups and against members of other groups. This article argues that beliefs of this sort present a counterexample to accessibilism in epistemology because the position cannot account for how the epistemic status of a belief that is the result of an implicit bias can differ from that of a counterpart belief that is the result of an unbiased response to the available evidence.

Citation

Puddifoot, K. (2016). Accessibilism and the Challenge from Implicit Bias. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 97(3), 421-434. https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12056

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Jan 20, 2015
• Publication Date: 2016-09
• Deposit Date: Oct 22, 2018
• Journal: Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 0279-0750
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-0114
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 97
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 421-434
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12056
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1344832