Abstract
What makes an injustice epistemic rather than ethical or political? How does the former, more recent category relate to the latter, better-known forms of injustice? To address these questions, the papers of this Special Issue investigate epistemic injustice in close connection to different conceptions of agency, both epistemic and practical.
Highlights
What makes an injustice epistemic rather than ethical or political? How does the former, more recent category relate to the latter, better-known forms of injustice? To address these questions, the papers of the Special Issue investigate epistemic injustice in close connection to different conceptions of agency, both epistemic and practical
Some of the articles challenge the current understanding of what constitutes epistemic injustice and how various kinds of agency might be involved
Building on Fricker (Fricker 2007), which introduced the topic into mainstream analytic philosophy, harm inflicted to individuals in their capacity of knowers, believers, inquirers and/or communicators is the distinctive feature of epistemic injustice
Summary
The papers of the Special Issue investigate epistemic injustice in close connection to different conceptions of agency, both epistemic and practical. By contrast, revisit from a fresh angle fundamental concepts, such as knowledge, epistemic agency and democratic legitimacy. Drawing on insights from feminism and critical race theory, this framework helps shed light onto institutional contexts and mechanisms that often subvert both individual and collective efforts to achieve epistemic justice.
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