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Feminist standpoint epistemology is neither a necessary nor a sufficient starting point for social work intervention research. Contemporary social scientists readily grapple with cultural, political, and/or structural aspects of social problems either in the absence of or in conjunction with an explicitly formulated feminist standpoint epistemology. The article also argues against privileging any group’s voice for purposes of social work intervention research, including the voices of marginalized and oppressed groups whose judgments, perceptions, and statement of facts are as prone to error or likely to be as mistaken as anyone else’s.
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I appreciated the invitation to write this article. I have been grappling with related issues for decades, especially when mentoring doctoral students. The invite afforded me an opportunity to bring into sharp relief several key issues about the nature social science research properly understood.
Professor Emeritus of Social Policy & Research Richard K Caputo, PhD
Yeshiva University
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This page is a summary of: What’s Epistemology Got to Do With It?, Research on Social Work Practice, August 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1049731516662320.
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