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Dismantling the Self/Other Dichotomy in Science: Towards a Feminist Model of the Immune System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Lisa Weasel
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Abstract

Despite the development of a vast body of literature pertaining to feminism and science, examples of how feminist phifosophies might be applied to scientific theories and practice have been limited. Moreover, most scientists remain unfamiliar with how feminism pertains to their work. Using the example of the immune system, this paper applies three feminist epistemologies feminist empiricism, feminist standpoint theory, and feminist postmodernismtoassess competingchims of immune function within a feminist context.

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Research Article
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Hypatia , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , Winter 2001 , pp. 27 - 44
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Copyright © 2001 by Hypatia, Inc.

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