Abstract
We investigate howepistemic injusticecan manifest itself in mathematical practices.We do this as both a social epistemological and virtue-theoretic investigation of math-ematical practices. We delineate the concept both positively—we show that a certaintype of folk theorem can be a source of epistemic injustice in mathematics—andnegatively by exploring cases where the obstacles to participation in a mathematicalpractice do not amount to epistemic injustice. Having explored what epistemic injus-tice in mathematics can amount to, we use the concept to highlight a potential dangerof intellectual enculturation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-30 |
Journal | Synthese |
Volume | 2018 |
Early online date | 26 Oct 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Caramello
- Enculturation
- Epistemic injustice
- Folk theorems
- Philosophy of mathematics
- Ramanujan
- Royen
- Virtues