| Description |
vii, 312 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Thinking gender |
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Thinking gender.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-301) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : when feminisms intersect epistemology / Linda Alcoff and Elizabeth Potter -- Taking subjectivity into account / Lorraine Code -- Rethinking standpoint epistemology : "What is strong objectivity"? / Sandra Harding -- Marginality and epistemic privilege / Bat-Ami Bar On -- Subjects, power and knowledge : description and prescription in feminist philosophies of science / Helen Longino -- Epistemological communities / Lynn Hankinson Nelson -- Gender and epistemic negotiation / Elizabeth Potter -- Bodies and knowledges : feminism and the crisis of reason / Elizabeth Grosz -- Are "old wives' tales" justified? / Vrinda Dalmiya and Linda Alcoff -- Feminism and objective interests : the role of transformation experiences in rational deliberation / Susan Babbitt -- Knowers/doers and their moral problems / Kathryn Pyne Addelson. |
| Subject |
Feminist theory.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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| Indexed Term |
Feminism |
| Added Author |
Alcoff, Linda MartÃn.
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Potter, Elizabeth.
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| ISBN |
0415904501 (acid-free paper) |
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041590451X pb |
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