11 Oct
2022
11 Oct
'22
3:34 p.m.
Dear colleagues,
May I draw your attention to this course on Ignorance, Power and
Politics: Perspectives from Feminist and Political Epistemology at the
VU Amsterdam's winter school taking place from January 9th - 13th 2023
(online). The course is open to Advanced Bachelor and Master students
(and early PhDs) and could be of interest to students working in
feminist & social epistemology, agnotology and critical race studies.
https://vu.nl/en/education/professionals/courses-programmes/ignorance-power…
Course Description:
In recent years, the study of ignorance has developed into a dynamic
field that spreads across many subdisciplines of philosophy. What
ignorance is, what its normative, ethical, and political dimensions are,
how ignorance connects to oppression and injustice, and what kinds of
responsibilities toward knowledge we have are some of the questions with
which political epistemologists and feminist epistemologists have grappled.
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the core concepts,
questions, and theories in the philosophical study of ignorance. In the
course, we will study and critically discuss a range of texts in
political epistemology, feminist epistemology, critical race studies,
philosophy of social media, and philosophy of science.
Key questions:
- What is ignorance?
- What are the social and political dimensions of ignorance?
- Is ignorance always oppressive? If so, why? and if not, when not?
- Does ignorance have positive aspects/functions? Can ignorance fulfill
liberatory goals?
- When is an agent culpably ignorant of their actions, meaning when is
ignorance itself blameworthy?
- How can we identify and combat complex cases of ignorance in science
skepticism and social media deception?
For more information on admission, follow this link:
https://vu.nl/en/education/professionals/courses-programmes/ignorance-power…
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Sonja Riegler, BA BA MA
She/They
Prae Doc Philosophy
University of Vienna