Lorraine Code

“Knowers are always somewhere, and their location is epistemically significant.”

“Epistemic responsibility is a matter of being accountable for one's beliefs and cognitive practices.”

“Stereotypes are not just false beliefs; they are pernicious cognitive habits that structure social reality.”

“Ecological thinking requires us to see the interconnectedness of all things, including our knowledge practices.”

“Responsibility requires attentiveness to the particularities of a situation, not just the application of abstract principles.”

“Rhetorical spaces are places where knowledge is made, contested, and negotiated.”

“The idea of a generic, universal 'knower' is a fiction that obscures the situatedness of all knowledge.”

“Objectivity has been constructed in opposition to subjectivity, a dichotomy that feminists have rightly questioned.”

“Testimony is a fundamental source of knowledge, yet it has been systematically devalued in traditional epistemology.”

“The ideal of the autonomous, self-sufficient knower is a myth that has served to exclude women and other marginalized groups.”

“Trust is not a simple choice but a complex social and epistemic practice.”

“Whose knowledge is this? Whose experiences does it represent? These are central questions for a feminist epistemology.”