Standpoint Epistemology Without the “Standpoint”?: An Examination of Epistemic Privilege and Epistemic Authority
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Hypatia
- Vol. 12 (2), 125-139
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1997.tb00022.x
Abstract
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.Keywords
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