Introduction to The Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Injustice

Kidd, Ian James; Medina, José; Pohlhaus, Gaile

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“…Nonetheless, we submit, understanding the kind of injustices that may arise from folk theorems is relevant to an understanding and betterment of mathematical practices. Our interest in a specific nexus of epistemic practices (mathematics) is mirrored in the interest in epistemic injustices as they occur in other scientific practices as discussed in (Kidd and Pohlhaus, 2017). We are indebted to Alessandra Tanesini for pushing us on this point.…”

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“…Epistemic injustice can take on multiple different forms, of which Fricker herself concentrates on testimonial and hermeneutical injustice. However, recent work such as the excellent handbook on the topic (Kidd and Pohlhaus, 2017), has considerably expanded the scope of relevant cases and ways in which epistemic injustice can manifest itself across different situations. In this section, we briefly outline what epistemic injustice is and how it can manifest itself in joint epistemic endeavours, such as mathematics.…”

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Epistemic injustice in mathematics

2018

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We investigate how epistemic injustice can manifest itself in mathematical practices. We do this as both a social epistemological and virtue-theoretic investigation of mathematical practices. We delineate the concept both positivelywe show that a certain type of folk theorem can be a source of epistemic injustice in mathematicsand negatively by exploring cases where the obstacles to participation in a mathematical practice do not amount to epistemic injustice. Having explored what epistemic injustice in mathematics can amount to, we use the concept to highlight a potential danger of intellectual enculturation.

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Epistemic injustice in mathematics

2018

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“…Outside of nursing, more critical discussions of witnessing and testimony have gained prominence in certain philosophical circles since the end of the 20th century (Kidd, Medina, & Pohlhaus, ; Kramer & Weigel, ) including feminist scholarship (Code, ). Often, the Holocaust survivor testimony serves as a paradigm case in these discussions, used to emphasize the two‐sided nature of testimony—its epistemic and ethical aspects (Code, ; Schmidt, ).…”

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Bearing witness in nursing practice: More than a moral obligation?

2018

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In this paper, we explore the concept of bearing witness in nursing practice. We examine the description of bearing witness in the nursing literature, particularly that offered by William Cody who suggests that bearing witness results in the limited moral obligation of “true presence.” We then turn to Lorraine Code's work on testimony, drawing parallels between the concepts of testimony and bearing witness. Code suggests that receiving testimony results in a responsibility to respond, and that this is an ethico‐political obligation. We discuss these ideas in relation to a Canadian exemplar of witnessing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's work to understand and address the historical injustices done to Indigenous peoples in Canada. Here, we focus on the Commission's definition of witnessing and highlight the experience of Shelagh Rogers who served as an honorary witness. As an outcome of our analysis, we suggest that bearing witness in nursing practice is most usefully conceptualized as both a moral and a political obligation. Implications for nursing practice are suggested, including first, the need to critically examine our own understandings of power and privilege in order to authentically bear witness and avoid being complicit in injustice, and second, the concomitant responsibility to take action to challenge injustice once we have borne witness to it.

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“…Epistemic injustice is now a vast area of philosophical study (see Kidd et al 2017). I will not engage with all formulations of epistemic injustice, but instead focus on pathocentric epistemic injustices, that is, those that target ill persons (Kidd and Carel 2018).…”

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Striking the balance with epistemic injustice in healthcare: the case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

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2020

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Miranda Fricker's influential concept of epistemic injustice (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007) has recently seen application to many areas of interest, with an increasing body of healthcare research using the concept of epistemic injustice in order to develop both general frameworks and accounts of specific medical conditions and patient groups. This paper illuminates tensions that arise between taking steps to protect against committing epistemic injustice in healthcare, and taking steps to understand the complexity of one's predicament and treat it accordingly. Work on epistemic injustice is therefore at risk of obfuscating legitimate and potentially fruitful inquiry. This paper uses Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis as a case study, but I suggest that the key problems identified could apply to other cases within healthcare, such as those classed as Medically Unexplained Illnesses, Functional Neurological Disorders and Psychiatric Disorders. Future work on epistemic injustice in healthcare must recognise and attend to this tension to protect against unsatisfactory attempts to correct epistemic injustice.

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Introduction to The Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Injustice

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Epistemic injustice in mathematics

Epistemic injustice in mathematics

Bearing witness in nursing practice: More than a moral obligation?

Striking the balance with epistemic injustice in healthcare: the case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

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