Fricker, Miranda
Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing
- ISBN 13:
- 9780199570522
- author:
- Fricker, Miranda
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press, USA
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Pages:
- 208
- Dimensions:
- 21.4 x 13.8 x 1.2 cm
- Genre:
- Ethics & moral philosophy
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing by Miranda Fricker This book explores a distinctively epistemic kind of injustice, where prejudice affects a person's capacity as a knower. Fricker identifies two forms of epistemic injustice: testimonial injustice, where prejudice leads to a deflated level of credibility, and hermeneutical injustice, where a gap in collective interpretative resources puts someone at an unfair disadvantage. Fricker argues that our testimonial sensibility needs to incorporate a corrective, anti-prejudicial virtue to promote a more veridical and democratic epistemic practice. She contends that virtue epistemology provides a general epistemological idiom for discussing the ethical and political aspects of our epistemic conduct. By examining these issues, Fricker sheds light on the importance of addressing the ethical and political dimensions of knowledge and understanding.
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