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Philosophy in the Community is a free lecture and discussion series sponsored by the USask Department of Philosophy.

Understanding and Resisting Epistemic Injustice

A Philosophy in the Community talk by Mehdi Ebrahimpour

Event

Date: Friday, Nov. 10
Time: 7 pm
Location: The Refinery, Emmanuel Anglican Church, 607 Dufferin Ave., Saskatoon

Free and open to the public

About this event

Epistemic injustices are wrongs incurred on individuals in their capacity as knowers in society. This talk will
draw upon Miranda Fricker’s Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing to briefly explain the two
sorts of injustices outlined in this book: testimonial injustice, where an individual’s testimony is not adequately valued due to their social position, and hermeneutical injustice, where a gap in society’s shared conceptual resources prevents one from being understood. The second part of the talk aims to demonstrate that certain cases of religious offense give rise to situations that should be classified as instances of epistemic injustice.

Philosophy in the Community is a free lecture and discussion series sponsored by the USask Department of Philosophy. Learn more.

Info:emer.ohagan@usask.ca


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