This is where standpoint theory inevitably ends up - identity becomes an epistemological trump card. (And this is why standpoint theory is not postmodern, because postmodernism allows no grounds to privilege one standpoint over another).https://twitter.com/lillydancyger/status/1008838121197273088 …
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The worry here, ofc, is how do you justify your claim your group is subordinated and therefore epistemically privileged, if we are all susceptible to these epistemic limitations? It seems to me we need an objective standpoint outside standpoints to evaluate competing claims.
I've written about this exact issue: http://www.philosophersmag.com/opinion/7-the-antinomies-of-privilege …
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