Towards a Liberatory Epistemology

• Main Author: Heikes, Deborah K. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy
• Subjects: Epistemology.; Political philosophy.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Ethics.; Political Philosophy.; Social Philosophy.; Moral Philosophy.

This book offers a compelling examination of our moral and epistemic obligations to be reasonable people who seek to understand the social reality of those who are different from us. Considering the oppressive aspects of socially constructed ignorance, Heikes argues that ignorance produces both inju...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Moral Awakenings
• 2. The Power of Ignorance
• 3. Towards a Genuine Understanding
• 4. Reasonable Grounds
• 5. Postscript: Can we have a Liberatory Epistemology.