Feminist epistemologies /

Feminist epistemologies / edited and with an introduction by Linda Alcoff and Elizabeth Potter. - vii, 312 pages ; 24 cm. - Thinking gender . - Thinking gender. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-301) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: When Feminisms Intersect Epistemology -- Taking Subjectivity into Account -- Rethinking Standpoint Epistemology: "What Is Strong Objectivity"? -- Marginality and Epistemic Privilege -- Subjects, Power and Knowledge: Description and Prescription in Feminist Philosophies of Science -- Epistemological Communities -- Gender and Epistemic Negotiation -- Bodies and Knowledges: Feminism and the Crisis of Reason -- Are "Old Wives' Tales" Justified? -- Feminism and Objective Interests: The Role of Transformation Experiences in Rational Deliberation -- Knower/Doers and Their Moral Problems -- Bibliography of Feminist Epistemologies -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

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Feminist theory
Knowledge, Theory of

HQ1190. / F45 1993

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