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An edition of The science question in feminism (1986)

The science question in feminism

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"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 for discovering masculine bias in science; and feminist postmodernism, which disputes the most basic scientific assumptions. She points out the tensions among these stances and the inadequate concepts that inform their analyses, yet maintains that the critical discourse they foster is vital to the quest for a science informed by emancipatory morals and politics."--Publisher description.

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Cornell University Press
Language
English
Pages
271

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Subjects

Feminism Science Sexism in science Social aspects Social aspects of Science Women in science Sciences Onderzoeksmethoden Feminisme Aspect social Sexisme Vrouwen Femmes dans les sciences Féminisme Wetenschap Sexism Sociology Prejudice History Theory of Knowledge Western Civilization Science and civilization Science--history Knowledge, theory of Science--social aspects Civilization, western Science--sociology Hq1397 .h28 1986 Hq 1397 h263s 1986 305.4/2
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The science question in feminism
1986, Open University Press
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The science question in feminism
1986, Cornell University Press
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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 252-261.
Includes index.

Published in
Ithaca

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.4/2
Library of Congress
HQ1397 .H28 1986, HQ1397.H28 1986

The Physical Object

Pagination
271 p. ;
Number of pages
271

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Open Library
OL2552788M
ISBN 10
0801493633, 0801418801
LCCN
85048197
OCLC/WorldCat
12975161
LibraryThing
443151
Goodreads
395692
1610207

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OL2696320W

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