On Epistemic Justice
https://doi.org/10.25205/2541-7517-2021-19-2-65-74
Abstract
The paper deals with the concept of epistemic justice and analyses two types of epistemic injustice - testimonial and hermeneutical. The latter is given priority due to the fact that any individual inteгaction involves an individual as а member of а certain social group or community. This requires а study into collective epistemic attitudes, first of all - collective prejudices which Ыосk epistemic resources required for understanding and discussing personal and collective experience. The paper also looks into two related topics - the proЬlem of expertise and the phenomenon of post-truth. S. Fuller's charitaЫe interpretation of post-truth helps to show that this approach can solve the main proЬlem of epistemic justice - that of unequal epistemic status of knowers. However, the price of such levelling-down is too high and would require а complete overhaul of the expertise system.
About the Author
A. А. Shevchenko
Institute ofFhilosophy and Law of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
NovosiЬirsk
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Shevchenko A.А. On Epistemic Justice. Siberian Journal of Philosophy. 2021;19(2):65-74. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/2541-7517-2021-19-2-65-74
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