33: Identity Matters: Standpoint Epistemology with Briana Toole

Authors

Eleanor Price, DePauw University
Christiane Wisehart, DePauw UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-31-2018

Abstract

How do we obtain knowledge? Is it a purely objective, abstract process that has nothing to do with identity? Or does who we are, and where we sit on the social spectrum matter when it comes to how we form beliefs? On today’s show, we’re talking to Briana Toole, a philosopher who defends an idea known as standpoint epistemology. It’s the view that your identity has the power to help influence the kinds of knowledge you have access to.

Recommended Citation

Price, Eleanor and Wisehart, Christiane, "33: Identity Matters: Standpoint Epistemology with Briana Toole" (2018). Examining Ethics Podcast. 41, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/examining-ethics/41