The Science Question in Feminism
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (972 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801493633 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Robin Ficklin-Alred said An essential book for scientists, philosophers, ethicists. In this ground-breaking work that has become a classic, respected philosopher of science Sandra Harding provided the first critical survey of three feminist critiques of science, mapping both their inadequacies and the essential discourse they provide in a quest for science that is informed by moral considerations. She shows how science that holds itself aloof from moral and political considerations, and claims to be objective, rational, and value-neutral, is actually none of . Dissapointing A Customer I was dissapointed with the quality of this book. It sits on my shelf only 3 chapters read. There is more loud-writing than persuasive argument in this book and unfortunately it reinforces the stereo-type of the militant hand-waving feminist (note this reader was not impressed with "Whose science" either). Not recommended for philosophers (incidentally, Harding edited and wrote a very good introduction for an excellent philosophical book on the Duhem-Quine Thesis, "Can Theorie. Moustafa said Five Stars. thanx
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
Her books includeThe Science Question in Feminism, also from Cornell,Sciences From Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialisms, and Modernities, andObjectivity and Diversity: Another Logic of Scientific Research.. Sandra Harding is a Distinguished Research Professor of Education Emeritus at UCLA
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 that will not go away by themselves."Elisabeth A. "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. Lloyd, Isis, Vol. Harraway, Department of the