Following the conference 'Understanding Epistemic Injustice', organised by the Department of Philosophy in 2014, we have made available material from the conference to facilitate further discussion on the topic of epistemic injustice. Papers discussed explored or applied the concept of epistemic injustice, especially in relation to (i) epistemology, (ii) ethics, social and political philosophy, and (iii) feminism.

General information

The concept of epistemic injustice was introduced by Miranda Fricker and refers to distinctively epistemic forms of injustice. It occupies a rich space at the intersections of ethics, epistemology, and feminist philosophy and is complexly related to wider issues in social and political philosophy.

• Conference programme (PDF, 121kB)
• Abstracts of talks (PDF, 451kB)

Keynote speakers

• Prof Simon Caney (Oxford) - Listen to the audio recording here (1hr 15min)
• Prof Miranda Fricker (Sheffield) - Listen to the audio recording here (1hr 11min)
• Prof Rae Langton (Cambridge) - Listen to the audio recording here (1hr 19min)

Other resources

• Epistemic Injustice reading list (PDF, 121kB)
• Havi Carel and Gita Györffy - 'Seen but not heard: children and epistemic injustice'
• Jasna Russo and Peter Beresford - 'Between exclusion and colonisation: seeking a place for mad people's knowledge in academia'
• James Andow - 'Who's Asking?' - Handout (PDF, 71kB)
• Elianna Fetterolf and Matthew Hall - 'Hermeneutical Injustice and Form of Expression Bias' - Presentation slides (PDF, 331kB)
• Anne Hutchinson - 'How do people who suffer chronic breathlessness experience epistemic injustice?' - Presentation slides (PDF, 790kB)
• Dr Abdi Sanati - 'Epistemic injustice and assessment of delusions' - Poster (PDF, 192kB)
• Paul Crichton - 'Epistemic injustice in psychiatry' - Handout (PDF, 165kB)
• Machteld Geuskens - 'Epistemic justice: a positive conception' - Handout (PDF, 79kB)
• Paul Bloomfield - 'Epistemic intemperance' - Article (PDF, 107kB)