Doctoral Dissertations
Date of Award
5-2025
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Major
Philosophy
Major Professor
Georgi Gardiner and Jon Garthoff
Committee Members
E.J. Coffman, Amy Flowerree
Abstract
This dissertation articulates a distinct kind of epistemic injustice which I dub “krinostic injustice” or injustice in respect of judgment (in Ancient Greek, the verb κρῑ́νω means “to decide” or “to judge”). Krinostic injustice occurs when a hearer accepts a speaker’s account of a sequence of basic events but unwarrantedly questions that speaker’s characterization of their experience. I argue that the epistemic harm done to the victim of this kind of epistemic injustice is not simply as a knower but as a competent judge of her experience. I argue that this form of epistemic injustice manifests in sexual assault trials, while keeping in mind its application to other contexts.
Recommended Citation
Mac, Linh Hoai, "KRINOSTIC INJUSTICE. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2025.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/12390
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