Standpoint Epistemology with Briana Toole
Overthink
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The Multiple Layers of Knowledge in Navigating the World
David Frum: There are multiple layers of knowledge going on in this way of navigating the world. And to some extent, we might say that this is true of all people living in society, right? My values as private citizen are different from my values as professor,. We're not always showing up the same way in different contexts. He says a really dominant thread in this line of thinking comes from W.E.B. Du Bois' notion of double consciousness. Dr. Frum: Those of us who find ourselves in a marginalized position learn to navigate and move through those levels before we are able to thematize them.
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