Summary Of Rethinking Standpoint Epistemology

In the article “Rethinking Standpoint Epistemology: What is “Strong Objectivity?” Sandra Harding contrasts the grounds for knowledge and the kinds of subject/agents of knowledge recommended by standpoint theories. Through this contrast, Harding make clear the misleading idea to assimilate standpoint epistemologies to those older ones. Furthermore, she argues that that such misleading make invisible the distinctive resources that they offer. Additionally, Harding mentions that knowledge is socially situated, that certain groups have advantages over others in terms of spotting biases, and that knowledge should be ‘built upon the marginalized perspectives.’ Harding also shows why it is reasonable to think that the socially situated ground and