Gary Bartlett (2022) provides critical reflections on my account of hermeneutical injustice experienced by child victims of abuse (Lo 2022). He argues that professionals cannot be said to have all the relevant concepts of abuse as child victims have unique… Read More ›
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Children and Marginalization: Reflections on Arlene Lo’s “Hermeneutical Injustice and Child Victims of Abuse”, Gary Bartlett
1. Introduction I find myself in almost complete agreement with Arlene Lo (2022). Child abuse victims surely suffer hermeneutical injustice if they are denied the concepts necessary to understand their experience, and that injustice is immensely harmful. In this reply… Read More ›
Coloniality, Global Power Asymmetry and Epistemic Liberation, Venkatesh Vaditya
Colonialism, as a political structure and form of domination, has long ended in Africa and other southern countries. However, the power asymmetry in the world political economy persists as colonialism’s historical legacy. The structural domination of colonialism in the postcolonial… Read More ›
What is Hermeneutical Injustice and Who Should We Blame? Elinor Mason
In this engaging paper, “Who’s to Blame? Hermeneutical Misfire, Forward-Looking Responsibility, and Collective Accountability” (2021), Hilkje Hänel offers an account of the ways in which both victims and perpetrators of sexual violation are subject to cognitive distortions due to sexist… Read More ›
Spitting Out the Kool-Aid, Arianna Falbo
Author Information: Arianna Falbo, Brown University, Arianna_Falbo@brown.edu. Falbo, Arianna. “Spitting Out the Kool-Aid: A Review of Kate Manne’s Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 8 (2018): 12-17. The pdf of the article gives specific… Read More ›
From Standoff to Foundation, Joel Sati
Author Information: Joel C. Sati, University of California, Berkeley, sati@berkeley.edu. Sati, Joel. “From Standoff to Foundations: On Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 9 (2018): 1-6. The pdf of the article gives specific… Read More ›
Yes, There Is Such a Thing as Conceptual Competence Injustice, Derek Anderson
Author Information: Derek Anderson, Boston University, derek.e.anderson@gmail.com Anderson, Derek. “Yes, There Is Such a Thing as Conceptual Competence Injustice.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 7, no. 1 (2018): 26-35. The pdf of the article gives specific page references. Shortlink: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3SL Please refer to:… Read More ›
Conceptual Competence Injustice and Relevance Theory, Manuel Padilla Cruz
Author Information: Manuel Padilla Cruz, University of Seville, mpadillacruz@us.es Cruz, Manuel Padilla. “Conceptual Competence Injustice and Relevance Theory, A Reply to Derek Anderson.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 6, no. 12 (2017): 39-50. Please refer to: Anderson, Derek. “Conceptual Competence Injustice.” Social Epistemology 31,… Read More ›
There’s No Such Thing as Conceptual Competence Injustice: A Response to Anderson and Cruz, Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky and William Tuckwell
Author Information: Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky and William Tuckwell, University of Melbourne, ppodosky@student.unimelb.edu.au; wtuckwell@student.unimelb.edu.au Podosky, Paul-Mikhail Catapang and William Tuckwell.[1] “There’s No Such Thing as Conceptual Competence Injustice: A Response to Anderson and Cruz.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 6,… Read More ›
White Ignorance and Hermeneutical Injustice: A Comment on Medina and Fricker, Charles W. Mills
Author Information: Charles W. Mills, Northwestern University, c-mills@northwestern.edu Mills, Charles W. “White Ignorance and Hermeneutical Injustice: A Comment on Medina and Fricker.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 3, no. 1 (2013): 38-43. The PDF of the article gives specific… Read More ›