Epistemic Care: Vulnerability, Inquiry, and Social Epistemology

Author:   Casey Rebecca Johnson (University of Idaho, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032431628


Pages:   134
Publication Date:   26 August 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Epistemic Care: Vulnerability, Inquiry, and Social Epistemology


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This book uses the framework of care ethics to articulate a novel theory of our epistemic obligations to one another. It presents an original way to understand our epistemic vulnerabilities, our obligations in education, and our care duties toward others with whom we stand in epistemically vulnerable relationships. As embodied and socially interdependent knowers, we have obligations to one another that are generated by our ability to care – that is, to meet each other’s epistemic vulnerabilities. The author begins the book by arguing that the same motivations that moved social epistemologists away from individualistic epistemology should motivate a move to a care-based theory. The following chapters outline our epistemic care duties to vulnerable agents, and offer criteria of epistemic goodness for communities of inquiry. Finally, the author discusses the tension between epistemic care and epistemic paternalism. Epistemic Care will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in social epistemology, ethics, feminist philosophy, and philosophy of education.

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Author:   Casey Rebecca Johnson (University of Idaho, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.267kg
ISBN:  

9781032431628


ISBN 10:   1032431628
Pages:   134
Publication Date:   26 August 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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""Johnson presents a convincing case for expanding the scope of social epistemology to vulnerable populations. This timely and important book is an essential read for anyone working on ethically-informed epistemology."" Natalie Alana Ashton, University of Stirling, UK


"""Johnson presents a convincing case for expanding the scope of social epistemology to vulnerable populations. This timely and important book is an essential read for anyone working on ethically-informed epistemology."" Natalie Alana Ashton, University of Stirling, UK"


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Casey Rebecca Johnson is an assistant professor at the University of Idaho, USA. Her research focuses on the effects of social position and power on knowers' ability to do what they want with their words and their knowledge. She edited the volume Voicing Dissent (Routledge, 2017).

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