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The systematic elaboration of epistemological privilege as a framework for understanding the politics of knowledge. The Theory of Privileged Epistemological Position argues that some ways of knowing are privileged, others marginalized, and that this privilege reflects social power, not epistemic superiority. It traces how Western epistemology became dominant, how it was used to delegitimize other knowledge systems, how it continues to shape what counts as knowledge. It doesn't claim that privileged epistemology is always wrong; it claims that its privilege should be examined, not assumed. The theory is the foundation of epistemic justice, of the recognition that a fair evaluation of knowledge requires examining not just claims but the conditions under which they're heard.
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