standpoint theory

📖 Definitions

"Feminist standpoint theory (FST) also stresses the partiality of perspectives and the value of diversity in scientific communities. It builds on the idea that all knowledge is situated: Knowers live in particular socio-historic contexts, face particular material conditions, and occupy specific positions within a society’s hierarchy. These circumstances create a variety of social locations that affect both what someone can (or is likely to) know and what their status as a knower is. The distinctive thesis of standpoint theory is that some of these social locations can be developed into standpoints that come with epistemic advantages." (Bueter 2024, 27)

🔗 Relations

• depends on: epistemic diversity

📚 References

• Bueter, Anke. 2024. Feminist Philosophy of Science. Cambridge University Press. https: doi.org/10.1017/9781108956055.

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