A Defense of Ignorance
Its Value for Knowers and Roles in Feminist and Social Epistemologies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23135245 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cynthia Townley (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 127 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | A defense of ignorance (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Lexington Books (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5771/9780739168189 |
| OpenAlex | W4408330969 |
| ISBN | 9780739168189 |
| Open Library | OL25077367M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
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.
Biology · Defence mechanisms · Epistemology · Ignorance · Genetics · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Feminist theory · Ignorance (Theory of knowledge) · Social epistemology
Writing with the present absent
The Medium Is the (Discriminatory) Message
Rethinking epistemic injustice in psychiatric digital phenotyping from the perspective of ignorance
The Pragmatics and the Normativity of Ignorance Attributions
Journeying to the heat of the Earth
Epistemic Deprivation
Pedagogy of Ignorance
| Citations per year | 0.58 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |