Feminist Epistemologies

Feminist Epistemologies

Feminist Epistemologies

Feminist Epistemologies

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Overview

This is the first collection by influential feminist theorists to focus on the heart of traditional epistemology, dealing with such issues as the nature of knowledge and objectivity from a gender perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781134976645
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/05/2013
Series: Thinking Gender
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 324
File size: 651 KB

About the Author

Linda Alcoff

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: When Feminisms Intersect Epistemology, Linda Alcoff, Elizabeth Potter; Chapter 2 Taking Subjectivity into Account, Lorraine Code; Chapter 3 Rethinking Standpoint Epistemology: What Is “Strong Objectivity”?, Sandra Harding; Chapter 4 Marginality and Epistemic Privilege, Bat-Ami Bar On; Chapter 5 Subjects, Power, and Knowledge: Description and Prescription in Feminist Philosophies of Science, Helen E. Longino; Chapter 6 Epistemological Communities, Lynn Hankinson Nelson; Chapter 7 Gender and Epistemic Negotiation, Elizabeth Potter; Chapter 8 Bodies and Knowledges: Feminism and the Crisis of Reason, Elizabeth Grosz; Chapter 9 Are “Old Wives’ Tales” Justified?, Vrinda Dalmiya, Linda Alcoff; Chapter 10 Feminism and Objective Interests: The Role of Transformation Experiences in Rational Deliberation, Susan E. Babbitt; Chapter 11 Knower/Doers and Their Moral Problems, Kathryn Pyne Addelson;
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