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Feminism, Science, and the Philosophy of Science

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Lynn Hankinson Nelson

    1. Rowan College, Glassboro, USA
      University of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore College, USA

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  2. Jack Nelson

    1. Temple University, Philadelphia, USA

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 256)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Historical Overview: Logical Empiricism and Feminist Empiricism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Feminism Question in the Philosophy of Science

      • Ronald N. Giere
      Pages 3-15

    3. Revaluing Science: Starting from the Practices of Women

      • Nancy Tuana
      Pages 17-35

  3. Feminist and Mainstream Philosophy of Science: Continuities and Tensions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Values in Science: Rethinking the Dichotomy

      • Helen E. Longino
      Pages 39-58

    3. The Last Dogma of Empiricism?

      • Jack Nelson
      Pages 59-78

    4. Science as Social? - Yes and No

      • Susan Haack
      Pages 79-93

    5. Empiricism Without Dogmas

      • Lynn Hankinson Nelson
      Pages 95-119

    6. Underdetermination Undeterred

      • Elizabeth Potter
      Pages 121-138

    7. The Relativism Question in Feminist Epistemology

      • Ilkka Niiniluoto
      Pages 139-157

  4. Feminist Philosophy of Science and the Sociology of Knowledge, Social Constructivism, and the Debate over Science Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Meeting the Universe Halfway: Realism and Social Constructivism without Contradiction

      • Karen Barad
      Pages 161-194

    3. Feminism and the Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge

      • Joseph Rouse
      Pages 195-215

    4. Science and Anti-Science: Objectivity and Its Real Enemies

      • Elisabeth A. Lloyd
      Pages 217-259

  5. Views from Multicultural and Global Feminisms, and from Feminist Phenomenology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261
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    2. Multicultural and Global Feminist Philosophies of Science: Resources and Challenges

      • Sandra Harding
      Pages 263-287

    3. Woman — Nature, Product, Style? Rethinking the Foundations of Feminist Philosophy of Science

      • Sara Heinämaa
      Pages 289-308

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 309-316
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About this book

Feminism, Science, and the Philosophy of Science brings together original essays by both feminist and mainstream philosophers of science that examine issues at the intersections of feminism, science, and the philosophy of science. Contributors explore parallels and tensions between feminist approaches to science and other approaches in the philosophy of science and more general science studies. In so doing, they explore notions at the heart of the philosophy of science, including the nature of objectivity, truth, evidence, cognitive agency, scientific method, and the relationship between science and values.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Rowan College, Glassboro, USA

    Lynn Hankinson Nelson

  • University of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore College, USA

    Lynn Hankinson Nelson

  • Temple University, Philadelphia, USA

    Jack Nelson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Feminism, Science, and the Philosophy of Science

  • Editors: Lynn Hankinson Nelson, Jack Nelson

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1742-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4162-8Published: 31 October 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4611-1Published: 31 August 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1742-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 316

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Anthropology, Epistemology

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