Cynthia Townley
Biographic Data
| ID | 6533588 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cynthia Townley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cynthia |
| FAMILY NAME | Townley |
| SIGNATURE | TOWNLEY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Contract cheating
A Defense of Ignorance
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 epistemi…
Toward a Revaluation of Ignorance
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 …
Contract cheating
Toward a Revaluation of Ignorance
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 …
Toward a Revaluation of Ignorance
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 …
A Defense of Ignorance
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 epistemi…
Contract cheating
Epistemology (2 works) · Ignorance (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Academic Dishonesty (1 work) · Academic integrity (1 work)