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Epistemic Care: Vulnerability, Inquiry, and Social Epistemology book cover

1st Edition

Epistemic Care Vulnerability, Inquiry, and Social Epistemology

By Casey Rebecca Johnson Copyright 2023
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge
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This book uses the framework of care ethics to articulate a novel theory of our epistemic obligations to one another. It presents an original way to understand our epistemic vulnerabilities, our obligations in education, and our care duties toward others with whom we stand in epistemically vulnerable relationships. As embodied and socially interdependent knowers, we have obligations to one... Read more

1. Epistemic Interdependence

2. Communities of Inquiry

3. Epistemic Vulnerability

4. Evaluating Communities of Inquiry

5. Epistemic Maternalism

Biography

Casey Rebecca Johnson is an assistant professor at the University of Idaho, USA. Her research focuses on the effects of social position and power on knowers' ability to do what they want with their words and their knowledge. She edited the volume Voicing Dissent (Routledge, 2017).

"Johnson presents a convincing case for expanding the scope of social epistemology to vulnerable populations. This timely and important book is an essential read for anyone working on ethically-informed epistemology."

Natalie Alana Ashton, University of Stirling, UK

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