Title: The epistemological ties that bind : a pragmatist case asainst feminist theories of truth and knowledge and the implications for feminist science
Abstract: Feminist claims that scientific activity is intimately involved with the oppression of women, often identify aspects of the epistemology of science, or scientific method, as the primary culprit. In my dissertation I try to persuade my feminist colleagues that despite the important gains we have made through the criticism of science, our fairly recent investment in an epistemological critique is yielding diminishing returns. I begin by examining the epistemological reflections of a number of feminist critics of evolutionary biology, including Ruth Hubbard and Ruth Bleier. I then discuss the more general epistemological approaches of Evelyn Fox Keller, Sandra Harding and
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Language: en
Type: dissertation
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