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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0039-7857 1573-0964 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11229-018-01981-1 |