 Jonathan Kvanvig (1992) argues for an alternative vision of the place of virtues in epistemology. Modern epistemology has a narrow Cartesian focus on (time-slices of) individuals and particular beliefs. VE, Kvanvig says, should not follow suit. It is better suited to focus on social and historical factors. The virtues are important, on Kvanvig’s view, because of their indispensable role in training people to seek, acquire, and transmit truths—a distinctly social activity (see also Morton 2013).