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Borderlands Epistemologies

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The selected abridged Harding text argues for inquiry beginning from lives that dominant institutions overlook. A standpoint must be developed and tested; social position alone does not make an explanation infallible.

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Guided course · Module 13 · Lesson 78
Who is heard, and who is treated as credible?
Fricker separates prejudice against a speaker from gaps in shared understanding and proposes remedies; Harding argues for changing where inquiry begins. The lesson adds that a starting point still needs testing.