Objectivity in Feminist Philosophy of Science

Feminist philosophy of science has long been considered a fringe element of philosophy of science as a whole. A careful consideration of the treatment of the key concept of objectivity by such philosophical heavyweights as Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper, followed by an analysis of the concept of objectivity with the work of such feminist philosophers of science as Donna Haraway, Lynn Hankinson Nelson, and Sandra Harding, reveals that feminist philosophers of science are not members of some fringe movement of philosophy of science, but rather are doing philosophical work which is both crucial and connected to the work of other, "mainstream" philosophers of science.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Philosophy

Department dc:contributor.department

Philosophy

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• Ward, Laura Aline

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Hardcastle, Valerie Gray

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Perini, Laura
• Burian, Richard M.

• Lynn Hankinson Nelson
• Susan Haack
• Sandra Harding
• breast cancer
• hormone replacement therapy
• Helen Longino
• Gender
• philosophy of science
• Donna Haraway
• feminist
• objectivity

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• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-12132004-152536

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/36098