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The values of science

empiricism from a feminist perspective

Nancy Tuana

pp. 441-461

Abstract

This essay delineates the contributions of feminist critiques of science to contemporary reconstructions of empiricism. I argue that three central tenets arise from feminist attention to the dynamics of gender and oppression in the theories and methods of science: 1) a rejection of the science/politics dichotomy; 2) an acknowledgement of the epistemic import of subjective components of knowledge; and 3) a reconfiguration of the subject of knowledge. These three tenets are illustrated and supported through examples from the history of science.

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(1995) Synthese 104 (3).

Pages: 441-461

DOI: 10.1007/BF01064509

Full citation:

Tuana Nancy (1995) „The values of science: empiricism from a feminist perspective“. Synthese 104 (3), 441–461.