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Standpoint Epistemology Without the “Standpoint”

An Examination of Epistemic Privilege and Epistemic Authority

Bibliographic Data

ID12147162
AuthorsMarianne Janack (0000-0001-9338-6077, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume12
Issue2
Pages125-139
Publication date1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHypatia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0887-5367 • E-ISSN: 1527-2001
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1527-2001.1997.tb00022.x
OpenAlexW2041054407
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited14

In this paper I argue that the distinction between epistemic privilege and epistemic authority is an important one for feminist epistemologists who are sympathetic to feminist standpoint theory, I argue that, while the first concept is elusive, the second is really the important one for a successful feminist standpoint project

Epistemology · Feminist epistemology · Feminist philosophy · Political science · Privilege (computing · Sociology · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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