Exclusion of women and epistemic violence in latin american philosophy

Abstract

This paper is an approach to the problem of exclusion and epistemic violence in Latin American philosophy both as testimonial in-justice and epistemic extractivism. The discus-sion of the concept of epistemic violence in the field of philosophy is recent; however, various studies being conducted in Latin America, such as that of Moira Pérez, allow us to reflect on and continue redefining this concept in order to understand specific cases. This study aims to explain the absence of women in Latin American philosophy based on this concept. To this end, it draws on the reflections of La-tin American thinkers who have shown some signs of epistemic violence or who have poin-ted out both epistemic injustice and epistemic extractivism in their works.