Concept tag
#credibility
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Testimonial injustice is a failure of knowledge, not only a failure of fairness
I teach eleventh-grade English in Atlanta, and every year we read To Kill a Mockingbird. Every year a student asks why the jury did not believe Tom Robinson when the evidence was on his side. And every year I hand them Miranda…
Started by Keisha Monroe6 replies308 views -
How should a journalist judge a study in a field she knows nothing about?
I cover the courts. Last month an expert witness gave evidence on a forensic technique I had never heard of, with total confidence and a long list of qualifications. The defence's expert said the technique was unreliable, with equal confidence and an…
Started by Sana Mir5 replies177 views -
Epistemic injustice, nearly two decades on: what has the idea actually changed?
I'm finishing a PhD on Yoruba epistemic vocabulary in Ibadan, and one of the developments in philosophy since 1990 that matters most to my work is the turn to testimony and the social side of knowledge. Miranda Fricker's Epistemic Injustice (2007) named…
Started by Titilayo Adeyemi5 replies267 views