Whose science? Whose knowledge?: thinking from women's lives
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0801497469
ISBN 13
9780801497469
Category
Publication Year
1991
Publisher
Pages
319
Subject
Women in science
Description
Sandra Harding here develops further the themes first addressed in her book, The Science Question in Feminism, and conducts a compelling analysis of feminist theories on the philosophical problem of how we know what we know. In Part 1, she discusses issues that will interest anyone concerned with the social bases of scientific knowledge. In Part 2, she modifies some of her views and then pursues the many issues raised by the feminist position which holds that women's social experience provides a unique vantage point for discovering masculine bias and and questioning conventional claims about nature and social life. In Part 3, Harding looks at the insights that people of color, male feminists, lesbians, and others can bring to these controversies, and concludes by outlining a feminist approach to science in which these insights are central. From Amazon
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