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Why Gender Is a Relevant Factor in the Social Epistemology of Scientific Inquiry
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2022
Abstract
In recent years, feminist philosophy of science has been subjected to criticism. The debate has focused on the implications of the underdetermination thesis for accounts of the role of social values in scientific reasoning. My aim here is to offer a different approach. I suggest that feminist philosophers of science contribute to our understanding of science by (1) producing gender-sensitive analyses of the social dimensions of scientific inquiry and (2) examining the relevance of these analyses for normative issues in philosophy of science.
- Type
- Is Methodology Gendered—and Should it be?
- Information
- Philosophy of Science , Volume 71 , Issue 5: Proceedings of the 2002 Biennial Meeting of The Philosophy of Science Association. Part II: Symposia Papers , December 2004 , pp. 880 - 891
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- Copyright © 2004 by the Philosophy of Science Association
Footnotes
I am grateful to Marja-Liisa Kakkuri-Knuuttila, Janet Kourany, Martin Kusch, Erika Mattila, K. Brad Wray, and Alison Wylie for helpful suggestions.
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