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Feminist epistemology

Also known as: Feminist epistemologists

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Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Matthias Steup, Ram Neta · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Dec 14, 2005 5 facts

claimFeminist epistemology is considered a branch of social epistemology when defined by the fair and equal access of women to knowledge-generating institutions.

perspectiveFeminist epistemology aims at the political goal of opposing and rectifying oppression in general and the oppression of women in particular.

perspectiveSome philosophers define feminist epistemology as including the project of studying and legitimizing unique ways in which women acquire knowledge.

claimFeminist epistemology is closely associated with postmodernism and its radical attack on truth and the notion of objective reality.

claimFeminist epistemology, in its non-controversial definition, focuses on the fair and equal access of women to the institutions and processes of knowledge generation and transmission.

Social epistemology - Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy rep.routledge.com Routledge 3 facts

claimSocial epistemologists have recently begun studying ignorance, with feminist epistemologists and critical race theorists conducting pioneering work on how systemic features of epistemic communities preserve ignorance regarding inconvenient truths.

claimFeminist epistemologists have long studied the social dimension of knowledge, which has been at the core of debates about epistemic injustice.

perspectiveFeminist epistemologists and critical race theorists, such as Mills (2007) and Tuana (2006), argue that systemic features of epistemic communities were instrumental in the widespread preservation of ignorance about a vast array of inconvenient truths.

Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 3 facts

referenceElizabeth Anderson authored the entry 'Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science' for The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy in 2024.

referenceElizabeth Anderson published 'Feminist Epistemology: An Interpretation and a Defense' in the journal Hypatia in 1995.

perspectiveFeminist epistemology explores how gender preconceptions influence who has access to knowledge, how knowledge is produced, and which types of knowledge are valued in society.

Social Epistemology - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu MIT Press Jul 24, 2024 2 facts

claimFeminist perspectives in epistemology rose in prominence following the publication of the volume edited by Harding and Hintikka in 1983.

referenceGrasswick, H. (2018) authored 'Feminist social epistemology', published in The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (Fall 2018 Edition).

Naturalism in Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Jan 8, 2016 1 fact

claimHelen Longino published 'Feminist Epistemology' in the 1999 book 'The Blackwell Guide to Epistemology', edited by John Greco and Ernest Sosa.

Epistemology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2019 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Dec 14, 2005 1 fact

perspectiveSome proponents of feminist epistemology include the study and legitimization of unique ways in which women acquire knowledge as part of the field.