Epistemic injustice in mathematics

We investigate how epistemic injustice can manifest itself in mathematical practices. We do this as both a social epistemological and virtue-theoretic investigation of mathematical practices. We delineate the concept both positively—we show that a certain type of folk theorem can be a source of epis...

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Veröffentlicht in:Synthese (Dordrecht) 2020-09, Vol.197 (9), p.3875-3904
Hauptverfasser: Rittberg, Colin Jakob, Tanswell, Fenner Stanley, Van Bendegem, Jean Paul
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We investigate how epistemic injustice can manifest itself in mathematical practices. We do this as both a social epistemological and virtue-theoretic investigation of mathematical practices. We delineate the concept both positively—we show that a certain type of folk theorem can be a source of epistemic injustice in mathematics—and negatively by exploring cases where the obstacles to participation in a mathematical practice do not amount to epistemic injustice. Having explored what epistemic injustice in mathematics can amount to, we use the concept to highlight a potential danger of intellectual enculturation.
ISSN:0039-7857
1573-0964
DOI:10.1007/s11229-018-01981-1