What can she know? : feminist theory and the construction of knowledge /

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In this lively and accessible book Lorraine Code addresses one of the most controversial questions in contemporary theory of knowledge, a question of fundamental concern for feminist theory as well: Is the sex of the knower epistemologically significant? Responding in the affirmative, Code offers a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Code, Lorraine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1991.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Feminist theory.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Théorie féministe.
Théorie de la connaissance.
epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Feminist theory
Knowledge, Theory of
Erkenntnistheorie
Feminismus
Feminisme.
Wetenschapsfilosofie.
Mulher E Feminismo.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Is the sex of the knower epistemologically significant?
  • 2. Knowledge and subjectivity
  • 3. Second persons
  • 4. The autonomy of reason
  • 5. Women and experts: the power of ideology
  • 6. Credibility: a double standard
  • 7. Remapping the epistemic terrain
  • 8. A feminist epistemology?

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