The Main Aim of Situated Knowledge to Obtain the Truth of Objectivity

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In the article “Situated knowledge: The science question in feminism and the privilege of partial perspective,” by Donna Haraway, the idea of situated knowledge tries to emphasize how the main aim is to obtain the truth of objectivity, which has been a debate among activist and academic feminists. She tries to push against the idea of constructivism and relativism purely that has been accepted by most feminists. Haraway tries to explain this notion by using political, ontological, ethical, and epistemological ideas. Haraway also emphasizes how the concepts are interrelated. According to Haraway, the idea of epistemology is to try and see beyond the notion of objectivity based on the relativism that has been a burden for feminists. Haraway describes objectivity as impartial and from nowhere that hides a particular position. Her father develops the id...