<<"Standpoint epistimology" is the belief that the ACTUAL FACT, or reality itself, depends on who is looking at it.>

<Objective reality is not part of the picture. One who believes this way could believe that pi could be made equal to exactly 3 if everyone agreed on it.>

Find someone who has a problem with Pi. Everyone agrees on that. Where "ACTUAL FACTS, or reality itself" comes into question is in a judgement string. I'll try this one again.

It's a fact that GWB inherited the strongest economy in the world.
It's a fact that shortly after GWB took office Alan Greenspan said the US economy entered a recession.
It's a fact that GWB pushed through a massive tax cut which benefited mainy the rich.
It's a fact that GWB asked the debt limit be raised, enabling to government to borrow more money.

Now, it is NOT necessarily an ACTUAL FACT that GWB caused that condition Greenspan called a recession.
It is NOT necessarily an ACTUAL FACT that the tax cut was a cause of the condition Greenspan called a recession.
It is NOT necessarily an ACTUAL FACT that the tax cut was the cause of needing to raise the debt limit.

However, because of their various standpoint epistemologies, some people found it necessary to deny those ACTUAL FACTS, what most of us would call "reality itself".

That's at aa basic level. Most of us agree on a body of knowledge. 1 That's a one. No problems

A "one" on a voltmeter. Might agree on that. If that "one" is on a spectrographic analysis, we might agree on that. Now, if someone says that the "one" is consistent with the absorbtion of a chemical exclusive to life, there can be some honest differences of opinion.

"Standpoint epistemology" would seem to be everywhere once one gets past the very, very basics.

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