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Varieties of hermeneutical injustice

  • In this paper, we have two goals. First, we argue for a blueprint for hermeneutical injustice that allows us to schematize existing and discover new varieties of hermeneutical injustices. The underlying insight is that Fricker provides both a general concept of hermeneutical injustice and a specific conception thereof. By distinguishing between the general concept and its specific conceptions, we gain a fruitful tool to detect such injustices in our everyday lives. Second, we use this blueprint to provide a further example of hermeneutical injustice that draws our attention to yet another distinction: Some hermeneutical injustices result from a lack or distortion in the collective conceptual resource and some are due to problems in the application of existing concepts. We argue that to combat hermeneutical injustices, we have to make sure not only that individuals have accurate concepts at their disposal but that they have the capabilities to use these concepts adequately.

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Author details:Hilkje Charlotte HänelORCiDGND, Christine BratuGND
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1515/mopp-2020-0007
ISSN:2194-5616
ISSN:2194-5624
Title of parent work (English):Moral philosophy and politics
Subtitle (English):a blueprint
Publisher:de Gruyter
Place of publishing:Berlin
Publication type:Article
Language:English
Date of first publication:2021/01/28
Publication year:2021
Release date:2022/09/22
Tag:discrimination; epistemic injustice; hermeneutical capability; hermeneutical injustice; social epistemology
Volume:8
Issue:2
First page:331
Last Page:350
Organizational units:Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Sozialwissenschaften / Fachgruppe Politik- & Verwaltungswissenschaft
DDC classification:1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 10 Philosophie / 100 Philosophie und Psychologie
3 Sozialwissenschaften / 30 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie / 300 Sozialwissenschaften
3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft
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