Philosophy and the Non-Native Speaker Condition

Periodical TitleAPA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy
Author(s)Saray Ayala
Editor(s)Margaret A. Crouch
AbstractThis paper points out the phenomenon of bias against non-native English speakers in philosophy. There is evidence that non-native speakers are often perceived prejudicially, causing harm and constituting wrongdoing. Such biased perception may lead to testimonial injustice, where non-native speakers are systematically granted insufficient credibility and excluded from the epistemic community. Data on highly cited philosophers shows an underrepresentation of non-native speakers. Reasons may include writing style interacting with reader expectations, but other factors like implicit bias likely play a role. Discrimination based on accent is difficult to fight legally. The author argues there is a “non-native speaker problem” in philosophy analogous to gender/race discrimination problems. Proposed solutions include increasing exposure to foreign-accented speech and maintaining awareness of perception biases when judging work by non-natives. The goal is to improve diversity and quality in philosophy.
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Pages2–9
Volume14
Issue2
Published Keywordsnon-native speakers, philosophy, bias, discrimination, testimonial injustice, diversity
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Date PublishedSpring 2015
ISBN/ISSN2155-9708
URLhttps://cdn.ymaws.com/www.apaonline.org/resource/collection/D03EBDAB-82D7-4B28-B897-C050FDC1ACB4/FeminismV14n2.pdf
Google Scholar linkhttps://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=6679975102791584316&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5
Open Access?Yes

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