Miranda Fricker on Epistemic Injustice

In her 2007 book, Epistemic Injustice: Power and Ethics of Knowing, philosopher Miranda Fricker develops a concept of epistemic injustice. Fricker suggests that to be epistemically wronged means having the credibility of one's capacity as a knower prejudicially deflated. She differentiates two ways in which such injustice can occur: Testimonial injustice - when a person … Continue reading Miranda Fricker on Epistemic Injustice