Most public political discourse seems dysfunctional to me. While this also applies to people who appeal to the principles of Standpoint Epistemology, I think some people have mistakenly come to the conclusion that this means the philosophy underlying Standpoint Epistemology is incorrect. However I think most of the time the problem isn’t with Standpoint Epistemology, but instead with people having a goal of undermining the discourse, which they can do with superficial similarity to any mode of interaction.
I think Standpoint Epistemology is an especially unfortunate target of this, because it seems to me that Standpoint Epistemology, applied properly, is the thing that is necessary to pass through the undermining of discourse.
Most public political discourse seems dysfunctional to me. While this also applies to people who appeal to the principles of Standpoint Epistemology, I think some people have mistakenly come to the conclusion that this means the philosophy underlying Standpoint Epistemology is incorrect. However I think most of the time the problem isn’t with Standpoint Epistemology, but instead with people having a goal of undermining the discourse, which they can do with superficial similarity to any mode of interaction.
I think Standpoint Epistemology is an especially unfortunate target of this, because it seems to me that Standpoint Epistemology, applied properly, is the thing that is necessary to pass through the undermining of discourse.