A defense of ignorance : its value for knowers and roles in feminist and social epistemologies /
This book develops new ideas in feminist epistemology by exploring diverse and sometimes positive roles for ignorance. The author argues that epistemic values cannot simply be reduced to the value of increasing knowledge and that ignorance is not merely inescapable for epistemic agents, but, rather,...
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Epistemic dependence: beyond facts
- Ignorance and the interdependence of epistemic agents
- Institutional epistemic dependence
- Ignorance, arrogance, and pluralism.