Phenomenology became the grounds for variants of standpoint epistemology: if a phenomenon seems real, then it is real enough. A Marxist vision of standpoint epistemology, on the other hand, does not privilege individual perception as the arbiter of reality.

Holly Lewis
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A Marxist theory of standpoint epistemology is based on a materialist conception of history, where the relations of production determine the way things are. In this view, human societies are constantly in conflict because different social classes have different interests.

Source: The Politics Of Everybody: Feminism, Queer Theory And Marxism At The Intersection

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