PHIL 276 Lecture 17: PHIL276 W11b Epistemic Injustice and Open-Mindedness
4 Apr 2016
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This paper argues that recent discussions of culprit-based epistemic injustices can be framed around the intellectual character virtue of open-mindedness. Close-mindedness may be perpetuating the epistemic injustice in current society. Placing certain ideas over other is important, but one must be careful not to become close-minded. Diversifying one"s knowledge of ideas can increase their understand of society and possibly reduce the amount of epistemic injustice. Have to monitor yourself otherwise you could be mistaken. People have to put their personal beliefs aside to understand an idea that is different than theirs. This includes being aware of one"s own prejudices to monitor themselves. To be open-minded one must step outside their own context and accept the opposite paradigms before reaching a conclusion. Epistemic injustice, in generic form, refers to the idea that someone is wronged specifically in her capacity as a knower because of a dysfunction in our epistemic practices.
