Miranda Fricker
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Oct 10, 2026
Carrie FigdorHOST
Yeah.
Carrie FigdorHOST
And so there's a kind of an irony in a way there, I guess, in the sense that most, or at least those of us who are not working within epistemic injustice but who are aware of Miranda Fricker's work and so forth, Silence is mostly discussed in terms of silencing and the epistemic injustice of either not having the right concepts or not being permitted to speak or being suppressed in some way.
Carrie FigdorHOST
And so in a sense, the project that you're in is a primary field or subfield in which silence is not valued.
Carrie FigdorHOST
In fact, it's like it's a sign of oppression.
Carrie FigdorHOST
Um, let me, uh, um, you've, you've mentioned epistemic, you know, you're part of an epistemic injustice project.
Carrie FigdorHOST
Um, and so there's a, there's a kind of a, you know, an irony in a way there, I guess, uh, in the sense that most, or at least those of us who are not working within epistemic injustice but who are aware of, you know, that, you know, Miranda Fricker's work and, and so forth.
Carrie FigdorHOST
Um, you know, silence and is, is mostly discussed in terms of silencing and, you know, the epistemic injustice of either not having the right concepts or not being, you know, permitted to speak, right? Or being suppressed in some way.
Carrie FigdorHOST
Um, and so in a sense, the whole...
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Right.
Carrie FigdorHOST
Let me, you mentioned epistemic, you know, you're part of an epistemic injustice project, right? And so there's a kind of an irony in a way there, I guess, in the sense that most, or at least those of us who are not working within epistemic injustice but who are aware of Miranda Fricker's work and so forth, Silence is mostly discussed in terms of silencing and the epistemic injustice of either not having the right concepts or not being permitted to speak or being suppressed in some way.
Carrie FigdorHOST
And so in a sense, the project that you're in is a primary field or subfield in which silence is not valued.
Carrie FigdorHOST
In fact, it's like it's a sign of oppression.
KeeganHOST
Hmm
Melanie CoughlinGUEST
... where I, uh, critique Miranda Fricker's concept of epistemic justice and use some of these Shin Buddhist ideas to think more about, you know, what kind of concept might we use to, to attack the problem of ignorance for disabled folks, uh, today on- under different terms using more sort of Shin Buddhist, uh, inspiration.
Melanie CoughlinGUEST
So yeah.
Melanie CoughlinGUEST
[laughs]
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They suppressed this revulsion with reasons provided by the ideological narratives of the Nazi regime.
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Similarly, Miranda Fricker has shown that injustice sometimes makes it hard to understand the conditions of oppression.
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For example, prior to acquiring the concept of sexual harassment, many women struggled to articulate the problematic nature of men's inappropriate advances.
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But they were morally disgusted by such behavior, even before they could fully explain why it was wrong, including how it undermined norms of equal respect for men and women.
Amy ArthurNARRATOR
They suppressed this revulsion with reasons provided by the ideological narratives of the Nazi regime.
Amy ArthurNARRATOR
Similarly, Miranda Fricker has shown that injustice sometimes makes it hard to understand the conditions of oppression.
Amy ArthurNARRATOR
For example, prior to acquiring the concept of sexual harassment, many women struggled to articulate the problematic nature of men's inappropriate advances.
Amy ArthurNARRATOR
but they were morally disgusted by such behavior, even before they could fully explain why it was wrong, including how it undermined norms of equal respect for men and women.
Abigail ThornHOST
Section 28 was supported by a lot of British newspapers, including The Telegraph.
Abigail ThornHOST
Section 28 is an example of what philosopher Miranda Fricker calls hermeneutical injustice.
Abigail ThornHOST
Hermeneutical means to do with interpreting.
Abigail ThornHOST
It comes from the ancient Greek word hermeneutikos, which translates into English as Three of my previous girlfriends turned out to be lesbians and I still didn't realize I was trans.
Nigel WarburtonHOST
It's a common reaction to moral failing.
Nigel WarburtonHOST
But is that response rational and appropriate, particularly when we recognize that much of what people do is not directly within their control? Miranda Fricker, who delivered the 2026 Oxford Uehiro lectures, thinks we should blame people less.
David EdmondsHOST
Miranda Fricker, welcome to Philosophy Bites.
Miranda FrickerGUEST
Hi, very glad to be back.
David EdmondsHOST
We're talking today about blame.
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Miranda FrickerGUEST
So I feel like one is caught between a Scylla and Charybdis when it comes to blame.
Miranda FrickerGUEST
And so I'm particularly interested in locating a kind of, as it were, candid, frank, respectful blaming attitude that I think can be really helpful in moral life.
David EdmondsHOST
Miranda Fricker, thank you very much indeed.
EmmaHOST
But then someone sends screenshots or prints it out and calls it proof.
EmmaHOST
It's actually Miranda Fricker who gave us vocabulary for this.
EmmaHOST
It's called testimonial injustice occurring when a speaker is assigned as a credibility deficit because of prejudice attached to a group they belong to.
EmmaHOST
Her account may be accurate and the listener discounts it anyway on grounds that have nothing to do with the account.
Paul HuttonGUEST
The concept of epistemic injustice comes from feminist philosophy.
Paul HuttonGUEST
Miranda Fricker is the key person there.
Paul HuttonGUEST
And the people who've really adapted this, well, people I'm aware of who've adapted this very well for mental health, mental illness, are Lisa Bortolotti and Matthew Broome.
Paul HuttonGUEST
Lisa's a philosopher of mental health at Birmingham.