Applied epistemology / edited by Jennifer Lackey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lackey, Jennifer, editor.

Series:

Engaging philosophy.

Engaging Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Applied philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 490 page).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Leading philosophers bring the tools of contemporary epistemology to bear on some of the most pressing social and political questions facing us as agents in the world today. This volume explores a diverse range of topics as they relate to epistemology under broad themes including injustice, race, feminism, sexual consent, and the internet.

Contents:

Part 1. Introduction :

1. Applied Epistemology

Part 2. Epistemological Perspectives :

2. When Freeing Your Mind Isn't Enough: Framework Approaches to Social Transformation and Its Discontents

3. Situated Knowledge, Purity, and Moral Panic

4. Epistemology and the Ethics of Animal Experimentation

Part 3. Epistemic And Doxastic Wrongs :

5. A Tale of Two Doctrines: Moral Encroachment and Doxastic Wronging

6. Predatory Grooming and Epistemic Infringement*

Part 4. Epistemology And Injustice :

Part 5. Epistemology, Race, And The Academy :

9. The 'White' Problem: American Sociology and Epistemic Injustice

10. A Tale of Two Injustices: Epistemic Injustice in Philosophy

Part 6. Epistemology And Feminist Perspectives :

11. Rape Culture and Epistemology

12. Feminist Pornography as Feminist Propaganda, and Ideological Catch-22s

Part 7. Epistemology And Sexual Consent :

13. Epistemic Responsibility in Sexual Coercion and Self-Defense Law

14. Sexual Consent and Epistemic Agency

15. The Epistemology of Consent

Part 8. Epistemology And The Internet :

16. The Internet and Epistemic Agency

17. How Twitter Gamifies Communication

18. The Epistemic Dangers of Context Collapse Online

19. 'Yikkity Yak, Who Said That?' The Epistemology of Anonymous Assertions.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-257031-5

0-19-187208-3

0-19-257030-7

OCLC:

1249470818