In the “Welcome to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY,” we point out that the appearance of material on the blog may not indicate editorial endorsement from me and Melinda. The CFP that I have copied below holds promise for politically and epistemically radical arguments about neurodiversity, alternatives to the arguments that mainstream philosophers of mind and cognitive scientists […]
Final CFA: Epistemic Injustice in the Aftermath of Collective Wrongdoing Workshop, University of Bern, Dec. 6-7, 2019 (deadline: Apr. 30, 2019)
Confirmed Speakers: Maria Baghramian (University College Dublin)Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern University)José Medina (Northwestern University)Gaile Pohlhaus (Miami University)Imge Oranli (Koç University)Melanie Altanian (University of Bern) I am inviting papers on the topic of epistemic injustice broadly conceived, including testimonial injustice, hermeneutical injustice and ignorance, either applied to a case study of collective wrongdoing such as crimes against humanity, […]
Alcoff on Rape and Consistency: A Survivor Speaks
In October of last year, I wrote a post at Discrimination and Disadvantage about how I was sexually assaulted by a fellow graduate student when I was in grad school. The post was entitled “Testimony, Uncorroborated” and was a response to some of the criticisms that were in circulation about Christine Blasey-Ford who had, in […]
CFA: Epistemic Injustice, Reasons, and Agency, University of Kent, May 1-2, 2019 (deadline: Jan. 25, 2019)
Annual SWIP-UK Conference: Epistemic Injustice, Reasons, and Agency May 1-2, 2019 University of Kent Keynote speaker: Alessandra Tanesini (Cardiff University) SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS This conference is the second event of a collaborative project on ‘Epistemic Injustice, Reasons and Agency’ led by Veli Mitova (University of Johannesburg) and Lubomira Radoilska (University of Kent) and supported […]
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