What does Patricia Hill Collins argue is the result when the same ideas are validated through Black feminist thought and from the standpoints of other oppressed groups?
Explanation
Patricia Hill Collins suggests a path toward the most objective knowledge available: when an idea is validated not just from one marginalized standpoint (like Black feminist thought) but is also confirmed from the standpoints of other oppressed groups, that consensus represents the 'least partial' truth.
Other questions
According to Standpoint Theory, what primarily shapes a person's 'social location'?
What distinguishes a 'feminist standpoint' from a 'feminine social location' in the context of Standpoint Theory?
Which German philosopher's 1807 analysis of the master-slave relationship is cited as a foundational intellectual root for standpoint theory?
What is meant by the term 'local knowledge' as used by standpoint theorists like Harding and Wood?
Why do standpoint theorists argue that the perspectives of subordinate groups are 'more complete' than those of privileged groups?
What term does Sandra Harding use for the strategy of starting research from the lives of marginalized groups to achieve a less biased view of reality?
According to Patricia Hill Collins' Black Feminist Thought, which of the following is NOT one of the four ways Black women collectively validate knowledge?
In the critique of standpoint theory, what does the concept of 'intersectionality' challenge?
What does Julia Wood's research on caregiving illustrate about gendered communication from a standpoint perspective?
What is the primary reason standpoint theorists like Harding and Wood are critical of postmodernism's tendency toward absolute relativism?
In what year did US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor give a lecture stating that a 'wise Latina woman' might reach a better conclusion than a white male, a remark that became central to her confirmation hearings?
What term does feminist writer Donna Haraway use to criticize empiricism's claims of disembodied, authoritative truths, which Harding also critiques?
According to Patricia Hill Collins, what social location does she describe as that of an 'outsider within'?
What does Julia Wood argue is the primary cause of gender differences in communication, to the extent that they exist?
What is the critique of standpoint theory concerning the concept of 'strong objectivity'?
What is the central focus of feminist standpoint theorists regarding the social location of women?
What reason does Julia Wood give for why people in power have less motivation to understand the perspective of marginalized groups?
Who does the chapter identify as the philosopher who has most advanced the standpoint theory of knowledge among feminist scholars?
What is Seyla Benhabib's concept of 'interactive universalism' designed to achieve?
In the novel and film 'The Help', used as an extended example, what phrase captures the essence of standpoint theory?
What is the primary danger Julia Wood sees in 'championing any singular model of womanhood,' such as Carol Gilligan's voice of care?
How do Harding and Wood view the relationship between being a woman and achieving a feminist standpoint?
Which historical figure's concept of the 'proletarian standpoint' was adapted by early feminist standpoint theorists by substituting 'women' for 'proletariat'?
What is the position of standpoint theorists on the possibility of a completely unbiased, value-free perspective?
According to Patricia Hill Collins' criteria for Black feminist thought, what does emotion indicate in a speaker's argument?
In the critique section, what problem does feminist scholar Kathy Davis identify with feminist theories developed by white Western women?
What does Julia Wood mean when she says gender is a 'cultural construction rather than a biological characteristic'?
How do Harding and Wood feel about the idea of an 'essence of women'?
What does Patricia Hill Collins reject in her formulation of Black feminist thought?
According to the chapter, why is it considered 'nonsensical' to speak of a 'male standpoint'?
What statistic about violence against women in North America is used to illustrate a compelling research topic from a feminist standpoint?
Seyla Benhabib's 'interactive universalism' insists that any panhuman ethic should be achieved through interaction with whom?
What is the primary critique of Habermas' discourse ethics from a feminist perspective, according to Seyla Benhabib?
What is the critique leveled by John McWhorter regarding the application of standpoint logic on college campuses?
Why do Harding and Wood believe that the knowledge of marginalized groups offers 'strong objectivity'?
In her work, Julia Wood draws on a key principle of George Herbert Mead's symbolic interactionism, which is that:
According to the chapter's critique section, intersectionality thinks of all aspects of identity as being what?
Why did many white male senators vote against Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation to the US Supreme Court in 2009?
What is the primary practical suggestion of standpoint theory for communication researchers?
What is a major difference between the intellectual traditions of Karl Marx and George Herbert Mead as they relate to standpoint theory?
In Patricia Hill Collins's epistemology, refusing to join in a dialogue, especially if one disagrees, is seen as what?
According to Julia Wood's study of caregiving, what societal norm is revealed by a male colleague reassuring another man for placing his mother in a nursing home?
What is the primary way that intersectionality alters standpoint theory's understanding of identity?
What does Patricia Hill Collins mean by the 'ethic of personal accountability' in her epistemology?
Which of these concepts is NOT listed as a major intellectual resource that standpoint theorists have drawn upon?
What is the title of Julia Wood's book that details her in-depth study of caregiving in the United States?
What does Seyla Benhabib's communitarian critique of Western rationality focus on?
When Patricia Hill Collins says 'cheating' occurs in assessing knowledge claims, what specific action is she referring to?
According to the chapter, standpoint theorists believe that knowledge starting from the social location of marginalized people can provide what?