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Standpoint Epistemology Without the “Standpoint”?: An Examination of Epistemic Privilege and Epistemic Authority

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Marianne Janack
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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.

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Research Article
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Hypatia , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , Spring 1997 , pp. 125 - 139
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Copyright © 1997 by Hypatia, Inc.

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