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A Defense of Ignorance
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Its Value for Knowers and Roles in Feminist and Social Epistemologies
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Artikel-Nr:
9780739168189
Veröffentl:
2011
Seiten:
152
Autor:
Cynthia Townley
eBook Typ:
PDF
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
By exploring diverse and sometimes positive roles for ignorance, A Defense of Ignorance offers a revisionary approach to epistemology that challenges core assumptions about epistemic values. Townley contributes innovative ways of thinking about the practicalities and politics of knowledge and argues for an expanded domain of responsible epistemic conduct. All social scientists, especially those interested in knowledge and in feminist scholarship, stand to benefit from Townley's arguments.
A Defense of Ignorance develops new ideas in feminist epistemology by exploring diverse and sometimes positive roles for ignorance. Cynthia Townley argues that epistemic values cannot simply be reduced to the value of increasing knowledge and that ignorance is not merely inescapable for epistemic agents, but, rather, is valuable. Townley shows that ignorance-friendly epistemology offers a better descriptive and normative account of human epistemic practices. This interpretation challenges the traditional assumption that increasing knowledge is the definitive epistemic goal. The book makes a major contribution to revisionary epistemology and to the expanding fields of social epistemology and feminist epistemology. All social scientists stand to benefit from Townley's analysis, most of all those interested in knowledge and in feminist scholarship.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction: Ignorance Matters
Chapter 3 Chapter 1. Epistemic Dependence: Beyond Facts
Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Trust and Ignorance
Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Institutional Epistemic Dependence
Chapter 6 Chapter 4. Ignorance, Arrogance and Pluralism
Chapter 2 Introduction: Ignorance Matters
Chapter 3 Chapter 1. Epistemic Dependence: Beyond Facts
Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Trust and Ignorance
Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Institutional Epistemic Dependence
Chapter 6 Chapter 4. Ignorance, Arrogance and Pluralism