Byskov, Morten Fibieger (2021) What makes epistemic injustice an “injustice”? Journal of Social Philosophy, 52 (1). pp. 114-131. doi:10.1111/josp.12348 ISSN 0047-2786.
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Abstract
The notion of epistemic injustice has in recent years gained recognition within social and political philosophy. Epistemic injustice is the idea that someone can be unfairly discriminated against in our capacity as a knower and that unfair and unjust communicative structures, institutions, and practices have the potential to reproduce and further exacerbate existing socioeconomic inequalities and injustices. Yet, the literature on epistemic injustice has mainly focused on what makes an epistemic injustice epistemic – as opposed to distributive or socioeconomic – and little attention has been paid to what exactly makes it an injustice. This paper fills this lacuna by asking under what conditions epistemic discrimination suffered by a knower becomes an epistemic injustice and identifies five partial conditions that can be used to evaluate claims of epistemic injustice.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Justice, Knowledge, Theory of, Political science -- Philosophy, Political ethics |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Social Philosophy |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. |
| ISSN: | 0047-2786 |
| Official Date: | March 2021 |
| Dates: | Date Event March 2021 Published 18 May 2020 Available 27 April 2020 Accepted |
| Volume: | 52 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Page Range: | pp. 114-131 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/josp.12348 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons open licence) |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 May 2020 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 27 May 2020 |
| RIOXX Funder/Project Grant: | Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/137014/ |
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