Scrutinizing Feminist Epistemology

, by Pinnick, Cassandra L.; Koertge, Noretta; Almeder, Robert F.

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ISBN: 9780813532264 | 0813532264
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Copyright: 8/1/2003

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Cassandra L. Pinnick is an associate professor of philosophy at Western Kentucky University Noretta Koertge is a professor of philosophy and history of science at Indiana University Robert F. Almeder is a professor of philosophy at Georgia State University

Acknowledgments

vii

Introduction

(6)

Part I The Strange Status of Feminist Epistemology

Knowledge and Propaganda: Reflections of an Old Feminist

(13)

Susan Haack

Feminist Epistemology: Implications for the Philosophy of Science

(11)

Cassandra L. Pinnick

Feminist Epistemology as Folk Psychology

(16)

Robert Klee

Part II Testing Feminist Claims about Scientific Practice

Gender and the Genealogy of Scientific Discoveries

(18)

Noretta Koertge

Keller on Gender, Science, and McClintock: A Feeling for the Orgasm

(37)

Alan Soble

Where the Boys Are

102

(28)

Christina Hoff Sommers

Part III Philosophical and Political Critiques of Feminist Epistemology

Can Science Be Objective? Feminism, Relativism, and Objectivity

130

(12)

Sharon L. Crasnow

Sandra Harding's Feminist Epistemology and Political Correctness

142

(14)

Gonzalo Munevar

Modern Science as the Standpoint of the Oppressed: Dewey Meets the Buddha of India's Dalits

156

(27)

Meera Nanda

Equity Feminism and Academic Feminism

183

(19)

Robert F. Almeder

Part IV Future Prospects of Feminist Epistemology

Socially Responsible Directions for Philosophy of Science

202

(20)

Janet A. Kourany

Feminist Values and the Value of Science

222

(12)

Noretta Koertge

Staying for an Answer: The Untidy Process of Groping for Truth

234

(10)

Susan Haack

After My Own Heart: Dorothy L. Sayers's Feminism

244

(9)

Susan Haack

Bibliography

253

(18)

Contributors

271

(2)

Index

273

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