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Epistemic Injustice: Understanding Across Difference

dc.contributor.authorWebster, Marisa Laila
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Philosophyen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerN/Aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorMichael Hymersen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerGreg Scherkoskeen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerLetitia Meynellen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorKirstin Borgersonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-06T14:01:28Z
dc.date.available2011-09-06T14:01:28Z
dc.date.defence2011-08-15
dc.date.issued2011-09-06
dc.description.abstractMiranda Fricker argues that powerless social groups may be subject to a unique form of injustice: hermeneutical injustice. On her account, deficiencies in the shared tools of interpretation may render the experiences of powerless social groups (for instance, women prior to the era of second wave feminism) both incomprehensible and incommunicable. In this thesis, I argue that Fricker has mischaracterized hermeneutical injustice and the silence of marginalized social groups: rather than lacking understanding, powerless groups are often denied rational authority with respect to their own social experiences or choose to self-silence. For this reason, I argue that many of the cases of hermeneutical injustice offered by Fricker collapse into cases of testimonial injustice. This mischaracterization has led Fricker to propose solutions to hermeneutical injustice that are inadequate; in response, I offer a solution that prescribes self-reflexive awareness of the ways that power and privilege shape our interpretive frameworks.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/14174
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectEpistemologyen_US
dc.subjectEthicsen_US
dc.subjectFeminist Theoryen_US
dc.titleEpistemic Injustice: Understanding Across Differenceen_US

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