THE INDIVIDUALISTIC AND IDEALISTIC TURN IN MIRANDA FRICKER’S WORK: EPISTEMIC INJUSTICE AND IGNORANCE
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https://doi.org/10.5944/endoxa.55.2025.31644Keywords:
Epistemic injustice, non-ideal epistemology , implicit prejudices, epistemology of ignorance, active ignoranceAbstract
One of the most interesting elements of the Epistemic Injustice framework proposed by Miranda Fricker, and its successive re-appropriations, is its social perspective and non-ideal methodological approach, which finds it philosophically fruitful to begin with a thorough examination of current injustices in concrete societies. However, when it comes to mitigating epistemic injustices, the author appeals to the individual exercise of cognitive virtues. This article will show that such response implies an individualistic and idealistic turn that collides with the initial commitments of the epistemic injustice framework and affects its normative dimension. In addition, it will highlight how the epistemology of ignorance can collaborate with a more realistic diagnosis of epistemic dysfunctions.
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