Philosophy
Epistemic Injustice and the Ethics of Knowing
Quick fact
Philosopher Miranda Fricker coined the term 'epistemic injustice' in 2007, showing that injustice can occur in the very act of sharing or making sense of knowledge—not just in distributing material goods.
Why this is interesting
You trust a doctor’s diagnosis, but what if your own experience of pain is dismissed because of your gender or race? Why might someone’s knowledge be unfairly silenced, and what does that reveal about how we treat each other as knowers?