Standpoint Epistemology with Briana Toole

Overthink

Ellie Anderson, Ph.D. and David Peña-Guzmán, Ph.D.

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

4.7 • 549 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

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)

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Overthink.
0:18.0	The podcast, we're two friends and long-time professors.
0:21.7	Oh, wait, we're long-time friends and professors.
0:24.6	Have we been professors for a long time?
0:26.3	I guess like seven years past us.
0:28.1	Not for as long as we've been friends.
0:30.0	So the order goes, long-time friends and now professors.
0:34.7	Talk about philosophy in everyday life.
0:37.3	I'm Dr. Eli Anderson. And I'm Dr. David
0:40.2	Pena-Gusman. And David, you and I were just talking about starting the recording about how we
0:44.7	are so overheated right now because it's the middle of summer. I'm recording in my closet. I don't
0:50.1	have AC. You are recording under a comforter because you're trying to block out sound.
0:56.4	So listeners, hopefully we will be just as coherent in this episode as an others. But if our
1:01.1	standpoints seem to you a little bit fuzzy, the heat may be why. Literal hot takes from Ellie
1:07.8	and David. Ooh, that's a good one.
1:11.7	Okay, David, are you ready for the story that I want to start this episode with?
1:15.5	I do want to hear what you have to say, Ellie, all the time you know this.
1:19.1	Oh, thank you.
1:19.8	That's very kind.
1:20.9	Actually, it's less a story and more me reporting on a TV show that I watch.
1:25.5	So my friend Jay recently recommended to me this 2006 reality TV show
1:31.2	called Black slash White. And when I say recommend, that's kind of an overstatement. He basically
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