Sandra Harding's standpoint epistemology requires that marginalized knowledge production be structurally excluded, not merely contested, to count as genuinely 'outside' mainstream validation.

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Mainstream validation(what Harding says marginalized knowledge exists outside of): When established authorities, institutions, or the general consensus officially recognize and accept something as true or legitimate.
Marginalized knowledge production(describes whose knowledge is at stake): The creation of new ideas and understanding by people or groups that society typically pushes to the edges and doesn't take seriously.
Sandra Harding(as a key figure in feminist standpoint theory): A prominent feminist philosopher who developed and wrote about standpoint theory, arguing that social position shapes what we can know and understand.
Standpoint epistemology(the main theory being discussed): The idea that people from different social positions (especially marginalized groups) can have unique and valuable knowledge that others might miss, because they experience the world differently.

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