Individuals with medical conditions, particularly psychiatric ones, are often judged to be less credible due to biases associated with their status as patients. This form of discrimination is termed “epistemic injustice,” and it arises when individuals from specific social groups are regarded as less capable of possessing valid knowledge or seen as less credible compared to others.

This project explores the cognitive foundations of epistemic injustice in healthcare, using the experimental method to investigate the cognitive underpinnings of this form of discrimination. In particular, the authors examine whether epistemic injustice in individuals with clinical diagnoses is influenced by factors such as the impact of the label implied by the diagnosis, the epistemic privilege given to scientific and medical evidence, and the influence of the clinical context.