Epistemic injustice power and the ethics of knowing
Justice is one of the oldest and most central themes of philosophy, but sometimes we would do well to focus instead on injustice. This book argues that there is a distinctively epistemic genus of injustice, in which someone is wronged specifically in their capacity as a knower
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2007, 2007
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Justice is one of the oldest and most central themes of philosophy, but sometimes we would do well to focus instead on injustice. This book argues that there is a distinctively epistemic genus of injustice, in which someone is wronged specifically in their capacity as a knower |
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Physical Description: | x, 188 p. |
ISBN: | 9780191706844 0191706841 |