Feminist epistemology and philosophy of science : power in knowledge / Heidi E. Grasswick, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grasswick, Heidi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

xxx, 268 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer, 2011.

Contents:

Part I Intersections: Feminism, Epistemology, and Science Studies

1 The Marginalization of Feminist Epistemology and What That Reveals About Epistemology 'Proper' / Phyllis Rooney Rooney, Phyllis 3

2 Contextualism in Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science / Kristina Rolin Rolin, Kristina 25

3 Altogether Now: A Virtue-Theoretic Approach to Pluralism in Feminist Epistemology / Nancy Daukas Daukas, Nancy 45

4 The Implications of the New Materialisms for Feminist Epistemology / Samantha Frost Frost, Samantha 69

5 Interrogating the Modernity vs. Tradition Contrast: Whose Science and Technology for Whose Social Progress? / Sandra Harding Harding, Sandra 85

Part II Democracy and Diversity in Knowledge Practices

6 Diversity and Dissent in Science: Does Democracy Always Serve Feminist Aims? / Kristen Intemann Intemann, Kristen 111

7 What Is in It for Me? The Benefits of Diversity in Scientific Communities / Carla Fehr Fehr, Carla 133

8 What Knowers Know Well: Women, Work and the Academy / Alison Wylie Wylie, Alison 157

Part III Contexts of Oppression: Accountability in Knowing

9 More Than Skin Deep: Situated Communities and Agent Orange in the Aluoi Valley, Vietnam / Nancy Arden McHugh McHugh, Nancy Arden 183

10 'They Treated Him Well': Fact, Fiction, and the Politics of Knowledge / Lorraine Code Code, Lorraine 205

11 Wrongful Requests and Strategic Refusals to Understand / Gaile Pohlhaus, Jr. Pohlhaus, Gaile, Jr. 223

12 Liberatory Epistemology and the Sharing of Knowledge: Querying the Norms / Heidi E. Grasswick Grasswick, Heidi E. 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781402068348

1402068344

OCLC:

297148485