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Unveiling power, or why social science's task is explanation

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This short essay contends that sociology should devote attention to causal explanation in order to expose lies. It argues that lies about causes are common in society and social science is in a unique privileged position to offer social knowledge that can dispel such lies. Offering causal explanations is a vital task of this project.
Julian Go
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Silence, Towards Refusal: The Epistemic Possibilities of #MeToo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
There are many ways to understand the meanings of the #MeToo movement. Analyses of its significance have proliferated in popular media; some academic analyses have also recently appeared. Commentary on the philosophical and epistemic significance of the #
Miller, Sarah
core  

Constructive Memory in Truth‐Telling for Reconciliation

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Truth‐telling has, in diverse contexts, been conceptualised as a vehicle for achieving reconciliation following injustice. As a social and political phenomenon, it involves the communication of narratives grounded in episodic memory. Such narratives may fail to reproduce the details of past events and may even include details that were not ...
Alberto Guerrero‐Velázquez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘We Don't Have to Prove to People How We're Feeling’: Understanding the Role of Peer Support Groups in Countering Epistemic Injustices in Long COVID at a US Centre

open access: yesHealth Expectations
Background Long COVID, an infection‐associated chronic condition characterised by new or worsening signs or symptoms for more than 3 months after a SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, is a chronic debilitating illness which remains poorly understood.
Nandini Sarma   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Liberating students from epistemic injustice in academic misconduct processes by shifting to a more compassionate and inclusive approach

open access: yesJournal of Learning Development in Higher Education
Academic misconduct processes in higher education institutions are supposed to ensure fairness. However, these very processes can lead to epistemic injustice (testimonial and hermeneutical) partly because students come from different epistemic cultures ...
Chloe Courtenay
doaj   +1 more source

Celebrity, Democracy, and Epistemic Power [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
What, if anything, is problematic about the involvement of celebrities in democratic politics? While a number of theorists have criticized celebrity involvement in politics (Meyer 2002; Mills 1957; Postman 1987) none so far have examined this issue using
Archer, Alfred   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Group Agency and Egalitarian Corporate Structure: The Epistemic, Incentive, and Control Dimensions

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What constitutes a good corporate agent? The article answers this question by critically applying List and Pettit's theory of group agency, which emphasizes three crucial dimensions of organizational design: epistemic quality, incentive compatibility, and control.
Chi Kwok, Chris Man‐Kong Li
wiley   +1 more source

Avoiding Moral Divergence: A Self‐Verification Perspective on Why and When Team Ethical Conflict Inhibits Individual Ethical Voice

open access: yesJournal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although contextual factors have been shown to facilitate ethical voice, research on team‐level antecedents that may inhibit it has been limited. Drawing on self‐verification theory, we develop a multilevel moderation–mediation model that examines how team ethical conflict inhibits individual ethical voice. Ethical self‐verification perception
Yilin Xiang, Lu Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience.
Kim Moloney   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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