Meanings
- uncountableA focus on the subjective standpoints of individuals, as opposed to objectivity.
There are a number of problems with standpointism. One is that, if knowledge is necessarily produced from particular standpoints, then why should women be seen as having particular access to 'truth'?
2006, Victor Jupp, The SAGE Dictionary of Social Research Methods, page 1181 more example
At the same time, standpointism does allow for the possibility that the knowledge produced and accepted by one culture (or race, ethnicity, gender, etc.) is fundamentally different from the knowledge produced and accepted by other cultures […]
2011, Claudia W. Ruitenberg, D.C. Phillips, Education, Culture and Epistemological Diversity, page 49
Origin
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standpointism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/standpointism
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