What does it mean to navigate knowledge and the world with agency?
Navigating with agency involves actively questioning and engaging with knowledge structures, seeking diverse perspectives, and making informed decisions to advocate for fairness and justice.
What are our individual responsibilities towards epistemic justice?
We must critically reflect on our knowledge, acknowledge our educational gaps, understand how power dynamics influence those gaps, and strive to honor and understand diverse knowledge and experiences.
How do our concepts influence the conclusions we draw in epistemic justice?
The question highlights the impact of our conceptual framework on evaluating claims and judging the credibility of those who make them. It underscores the importance of recognizing how our pre-existing knowledge shapes our interpretations and judgments.
Can you give an example of epistemic injustice?
Epistemic injustice can happen when societal concepts are lacking. For instance, before 'sexual harassment' was recognized, affected women struggled to comprehend or communicate their experiences due to the absence of this concept.
How does power influence epistemic justice?
Power shapes what's recognized as knowledge. It can validate or dismiss experiences, favoring certain voices or perspectives, thus impacting epistemic justice by influencing whose knowledge is seen as legitimate.
Define epistemic injustice.
Epistemic injustice occurs when someone's knowledge or experiences are dismissed due to prejudice or lack of shared understanding with a dominant group, hindering their ability to communicate and be recognized as a credible knower.
How does epistemic injustice impact society?
Epistemic injustice can result in the systematic exclusion of certain individuals or groups from contributing to the collective pool of knowledge due to prejudice. It limits societal progress by disregarding valuable perspectives and perpetuating marginalization.
How do we evaluate a claim-maker's credibility without bias?
Valid evaluations are based on consistent evidence, like a history of inaccuracies. Invalid evaluations stem from identity prejudices such as race, gender, or age, constituting epistemic injustice.
How does the identity of a claim-maker affect the reception of their claim?
A claim-maker's identity can impact the perceived credibility of their claim, despite the ideal of evaluating claims based solely on evidence and logic. Prejudices and societal biases may affect this judgment process.
Distinguish between a 'prejudicial credibility deficit' and an 'identity-prejudicial credibility deficit'.
A 'prejudicial credibility deficit' is distrust for personal reasons, such as someone's behavior (e.g., 'Bob is untrustworthy due to his nonsense'). An 'identity-prejudicial credibility deficit' is distrust tied to someone's social identity like religion or ethnicity.