Scrutinizing feminist epistemology : an examination of gender in science /
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| Imprint: | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2003. |
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| Description: | vii, 275 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Feminism and science. Scientism. Science -- Philosophy. Feminism and science. Science -- Philosophy. Scientism. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4915542 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. The Strange Status of Feminist Epistemology
- Knowledge and Propaganda: Reflections of an Old Feminist
- Feminist Epistemology: Implications for the Philosophy of Science
- Feminist Epistemology as Folk Psychology
- Part II. Testing Feminist Claims about Scientific Practice
- Gender and the Genealogy of Scientific Discoveries
- Keller on Gender, Science, and McClintock: A Feeling for the Orgasm
- Where the Boys Are
- Part III. Philosophical and Political Critiques of Feminist Epistemology
- Can Science Be Objective? Feminism, Relativism, and Objectivity
- Sandra Harding's Feminist Epistemology and Political Correctness
- Modern Science as the Standpoint of the Oppressed: Dewey Meets the Buddha of India's Dalits
- Equity Feminism and Academic Feminism
- Part IV. Future Prospects of Feminist Epistemology
- Socially Responsible Directions for Philosophy of Science
- Feminist Values and the Value of Science
- Staying for an Answer: The Untidy Process of Groping for Truth
- After My Own Heart: Dorothy L. Sayers's Feminism
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
