The world by using their bodies, which have different constitutionsĪnd are differently located in space and time. The same object in different ways that reflect the distinct relations Here we are concerned with claims to know, temporarilyīracketing the question of which claims are true or warranted. How it is known, reflects the situation and perspective of the knower. Relations to what is known and to other knowers. Reforming practices of epistemic authority and epistemic virtue.įeminist epistemology conceives of knowers as situated in particular Political values in inquiry, evaluating ideals of objectivity, and
Science and feminist science, defining the proper roles of social and How gender situates knowers also inform feminist approaches to theĬentral problems of the field: grounding feminist criticisms of Question-feminist standpoint theory, feminist postmodernism, andįeminist empiricism-which have converged over time. They have articulated three main approaches to this Knowledge that reflects the particular perspectives of the knower.įeminist philosophers explore how gender situates knowing subjects. The central concept of feminist epistemology is of situated knowledge: (4) defend these developments as epistemic advances. Promote theories that aid egalitarian and liberation movements, and Perspectives have played a causal role in these transformations, (3) Methods, and findings, (2) show how gender and feminist values and They alsoĪim to (1) explain why the entry of women and feminist scholars intoĭifferent academic disciplines has generated new questions, theories, Offer diverse accounts of how to overcome these failures. Knowledge, knowers, objectivity, and scientific methodology. FeministĮpistemologists trace these failures to flawed conceptions of Reinforces gender and other social hierarchies. That is not useful for people in subordinate positions, or that Or gendered power relations, invisible, and (6) producing knowledge Social phenomena that render women’s activities and interests, In the ways they serve male interests, (5) producing theories of Theories of women that represent them as inferior, or significant only
(3) denigrating “feminine” cognitive styles, (4) producing (1) excluding them from inquiry, (2) denying them epistemic authority, Science argue that dominant knowledge practices disadvantage women by Various feminist epistemologists and philosophers of Subordinated groups, and strives to reform them to serve the interests It identifies howĭominant conceptions and practices of knowledge attribution,Īcquisition, and justification disadvantage women and other Knowers, and practices of inquiry and justification. Which gender does and ought to influence our conceptions of knowledge, Feminist epistemology and philosophy of science studies the ways in
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