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A feminist and social epistemology‑driven model: demarcation is shaped by the social and material standpoint of the knower. Marginalized standpoints may identify as scientific what dominant institutions dismiss, because they reveal hidden power structures. Science is distinguished by its commitment to impartiality, but impartiality requires including multiple standpoints. Pseudoscience often serves dominant interests and excludes outsider critiques. Standpoint demarcation is political but argues that politics can be epistemically productive.
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