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Epistemic (In)justices: Philosophy and Listening as Social Change

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Patrick Standen


Philosopher Miranda Fricker explores new territory between ethics and epistemology, arguing that there is a distinctively epistemic type of injustice, in which someone is wronged specifically in their capacity as a knower, by not listening or undermining the other's claims to knowledge. Come find out how philosophy can be a useful tool for social change by learning how to listen.

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