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The Science Question in Feminism

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Description for The Science Question in Feminism Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.

Can science, steeped in Western, masculine, bourgeois endeavors, nevertheless be used for emancipatory ends? In this major contribution to the debate over the role gender plays in the scientific enterprise, Sandra Harding pursues that question, challenging the intellectual and social foundations of scientific thought.Harding provides the first comprehensive and critical survey of the feminist science critiques, and examines inquiries into the androcentricism that has endured since the birth of modern science. Harding critiques three epistemological approaches: feminist empiricism, which identifies only bad science as the problem; the feminist standpoint, which holds that women's social experience provides a unique starting point ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801493638
SKU
V9780801493638
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About Sandra Harding
Sandra Harding is Professor of Social Sciences and Comparative Education at the University of California at Los Angeles. She is also Director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Women.

Reviews for The Science Question in Feminism
"Provocative and often persuasive, this examination of trends in feminine critiques of science presents a useful, comprehensive account of a subject claiming increasing attention among philosophers, historians of science, and feminine theorists."—E.C. Patterson, Albertus Magnus College, Choice, 1986 "Offers a plentiful feast of sticky problems, embarrassing questions, and nagging doubts about current practices in both history and philosophy of science ... Read more

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