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Discovering Reality
. Ed(S): Harding, Sandra G.; Hintikka, Merrill B.
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Description for Discovering Reality
Paperback. Presents feminist critiques and analyses of natural and social sciences and their philosophies. This collection of essays focuses on Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hobbes, Rousseau, and Marx; on the 'adversary method' model of philosophic reasoning; on principles of individuation on philosophical ontology and philosophy of language; and more. Editor(s): Harding, Sandra G.; Hintikka, Merrill B. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
During the last decade, feminist research has attempted to add understandings of women and their social activities to what we all thought we knew about nature and social life. However, from the very beginning of this project, it has appeared to be in tension with some ofthe most fundamental insightsof the Second Women's Movement. Only recently has the nature ofthis tension become clear. Within the theories, concepts, methods and goals of inquiry we inherited from the dominant discourses we have generated an impressive collection of "facts" about women and their lives, cross-culturally and historically - and we can produce many, ... Read more
During the last decade, feminist research has attempted to add understandings of women and their social activities to what we all thought we knew about nature and social life. However, from the very beginning of this project, it has appeared to be in tension with some ofthe most fundamental insightsof the Second Women's Movement. Only recently has the nature ofthis tension become clear. Within the theories, concepts, methods and goals of inquiry we inherited from the dominant discourses we have generated an impressive collection of "facts" about women and their lives, cross-culturally and historically - and we can produce many, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402013195
SKU
V9781402013195
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99-15
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