Standpoint epistemology increases objectivity better than dominant-framework research does

Evidence

Finally, a theory of knowledge that directs researchers to start off their thought from the lives of those marginalized or exploited by the dominant conceptual frameworks can more effectively maximize the objectivity of research claims than research processes that restrict their issues to those legitimated within the dominant forms of thought. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1600

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to feminist standpoint theory (Harding’s own work on strong objectivity) and to earlier rejected-link learning about how standpoint theory complicates classical neutrality. — connects to: Starting research from marginalized lives increases objectivity rather than harming it — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1600
• DEFINE: Defines standpoint epistemology’s core claim: starting from the marginalized yields more objective knowledge.