Do women do science differently? And how about feminists-male or female? The answer to this fraught question, carefully set out in this provocative book, will startle and enlighten every faction in the "science wars". Has Feminism Changed Science? Is at once a history of women i…
"Have feminist perspectives brought any positive changes to scientific knowledge? Schiebinger provides a subtle and nuanced gender analysis of the physical sciences, medicine, archaeology, evolutionary biology, primatology, and developmental biology. She also shows that feminist…
Do women do science differently? This is a history of women in science and a frank assessment of the role of gender in shaping scientific knowledge. Londa Schiebinger looks at how women have fared and performed in both instances.
"Have feminist perspectives brought any positive changes to scientific knowledge? Schiebinger provides a subtle and nuanced gender analysis of the physical sciences, medicine, archaeology, evolutionary biology, primatology, and developmental biology. She also shows that feminist…
by Keller, Evelyn Fox, Longino, Helen E.
fromOxford readings in feminism
Feministische theorie, gecombineerd met de inzichten van ontwikkelingen in de geschiedenis, de filosofie en de sociologie van de wetenschap hebben een aantal vragen opgeworpen over de inhoud, de praktijk en de traditionele doelstellingen van de natuurwetenschappen. De bijdragen …
by Keller, Evelyn Fox, Longino, Helen E.
fromOxford readings in feminism
Over the past fifteen years, a new dimension to the analysis of science has emerged. Feminist theory, combined with the insights of recent developments in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science, has raised a number of new and important questions about the content, pra…
by Keller, Evelyn Fox, Longino, Helen E.
fromOxford readings in feminism
Over the past fifteen years, a new dimension to the analysis of science has emerged. Feminist theory, combined with the insights of recent developments in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science, has raised a number of new and important questions about the content, pra…
An examination of the nature of science from a feminist point of view. The author returns to her work on the feminist reconstruction of rationality, drawing on UK, US and Scandinavian research, and goes on to examine the Human Genome Programme. She also explores feminist science…
