Towards an revaluation of ignorance

Cynthia Townley

Towards an revaluation of ignorance

Cynthia Townley

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Abstract

The development of nonoppressive ways of knowing other persons, often across significantly different social positions, is an important project within feminism. An account of epistemic responsibility attentive to feminist concerns is developed here through a critique of epistemophilia — the love of knowledge to the point of myopia and its concurrent ignoring of ignorance. Identifying a positive role for ignorance yields an enhanced understanding of responsible knowledge practices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	37-55
Number of pages	19
Journal	Hypatia: a journal of feminist philosophy
Volume	21
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 2006

Keywords

ignorance (theory of knowledge)
responsible knowledge practices

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Towards an revaluation of ignorance

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