Attention, epistemic injustices, and humility
In this article we propose to reframe debates on epistemic injustice by re-articulating them in terms of the concepts of attention and listening—two key elements for epistemic justice according to Miranda Fricker (a leading researcher in this field). We offer a few correctives and complements to Fricker’s work via an exploration of the writings of Hans-Georg Gadamer, who summarized his hermeneutics as a matter of attentive listening and whose Enigma of Health is highly relevant for contemporary reflections on epistemic justice in clinical settings. Our article insists on the importance of humility, of patients’ participation, of time, and of ordinary contact with alterity.