Overthink

Standpoint Epistemology with Briana Toole

Aug 15, 2023

01:00:53

Episode guests

Briana Toole

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Black Family and the White Family in a Bizarre Sociocultural Study

3min

The Pressure to Be a Person of Color

3min

The Ambivalence of Values in a Predominantly White Society

2min

The Multiple Layers of Knowledge in Navigating the World

5min

The Importance of Standpoint Epistemology

6min

The Epistemic Privilege of Knowing That Marginalized People Have

5min

The Negative Effects of Consciousness Raising

4min

The Importance of Conscience Raising in Conversations

6min

10.

The Importance of Impure Deference

3min

11.

The Importance of Identifying Group Traits

2min

12.

The Power of Perspective Theory

4min

13.

The Epistemic Peer

3min

14.

The Importance of Knowing What You Know

1min

15.

The Power of Consciousness

5min

16.

The Importance of Positioning in Feminist Theory

3min

17.

The Importance of Contextualizing Your Worldview

2min

What does it mean to be marginalized? Does marginalization give some people more epistemic authority than others? And, if so, what should we all do with this information? In episode 84 of Overthink, Ellie and David talk about standpoint theory, its complex intellectual history, and its relationship to W. E. B. DuBois’ concept of double consciousness. They welcome an expert on the subject: Dr. Briana Toole, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College. In their conversation, they chat about how standpoint theory makes sense of electoral politics, educational policy, bizarre reality TV, and much more. They also discuss Corrupt the Youth, a philosophy outreach program founded by Dr. Toole that brings philosophy to high schools in the U.S.

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Works Discussed

Briana Toole, “On Standpoint Epistemology and Epistemic Peerhood” and “Demarginalizing Standpoint Epistemology”
Kate Chopin, The Awakening
W. E. B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk
Jennifer Nash, Black Feminism Reimagined
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture
David Foster Wallace, This Is Water
Black. White. (2006)