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Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? Thinking from Women's Lives • • • • Whose science? Whose knowledge? : thinki Q130 .H37 1991 22714 Harding, Sandra G. NEW COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA (SF) Q 130 .H37 1991 Harding Sandra G. , Whose science? Whose knowledge? #15315 DATE DUE BORROWER'S NAME ^\ •~ ]g -- (1 /K/^Ct\ jHfr-ok Kitr^/ flrb^irvJ) Q #15315 130 Harding, Sandra G. H37 Whose science? Whose knowledge? : 1991 thinking from women's lives / Sandra Harding* Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell : University Press, 1991* xii 319 p. 24 cm. Incly udes bibl;iographical references and index* #15315 Midwest $14.95. ISBN 0-8014-9746-9 (paper alk. : paper ) 1. Women in science. 2. Feminist theory.—3. Knowledge, Theory of. 4. Science Social aspects. I. Title 04 JAN 95 2266 2471 NEWCxc 90-55724 THE LIBRARY NEW COLL.KGEOF CALiFOWNIA SO FELL STRCKT 6ANFnANClSCO,CAL«rORN1A BAXOZ DUE DATE .HM* S rr - 'JAN i- _ i Printed inUSA Digitized by the Internet Archive 2010 in http://www.archive.org/details/whosesciencewhosOOhard Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? Also by Sandra Harding The Science Question in Feminism Can Theories Be Refuted? Essays on the Duhem-Quine Thesis (editor) Discovering Reality: Feminist Perspectives on Epistemology, Metaphysics, Methodology, and Philosophy ofScience (coeditor with Merrill Hintikka) Feminism and Methodology: Social Science Issues (editor) Sex and Scientific Inquiry (coeditor with Jean F. O'Barr) Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? Thinking from Women's Lives Sandra Harding Cornell University Press Ithaca, New York — ff Copyright © 1991 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published 1991 by Cornell University Press. First printing, Cornell Paperbacks, 1991. Third printing 1993. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Harding, Sandra G. Whose science? whose knowledge? : thinking from women's lives / Sandra Harding, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. — ISBN 0-8014-2513-1 (cloth : alkaline paper). ISBN 0-8014-9746-9 (paper alkaline paper) : 1. Women in science. 2. Feminist theory. 3. Knowledge, Theory — of. 4. Science Social aspects. I. Title. Q130.H37 1991 305.43'5—dc2o 90-55724 Printed in the United States of America © The paper in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. 1 Contents Preface vii i Introduction: After the Science Question in Feminism i / Science 2 Feminism Confronts the Sciences: Reform and Transformation 19 3 How the Women's Movement Benefits Science: Two Views 51 4 Why "Physics" Is a Bad Model for Physics 77 // Epistemology 5 What Is Feminist Epistemology? 105 6 "Strong Objectivity" and Socially Situated Knowledge 138 7 Feminist Epistemology in and after the Enlightenment 164 /// "Others" 8 "... and Race"? Toward the Science Question in Global Feminisms 191 9 Common Histories, Common Destinies: Science in the First and Third Worlds 218 10 Thinking from the Perspective of Lesbian Lives 249 1 Reinventing Ourselves as Other: More New Agents of History and Knowledge 268 12 Conclusion: What Is Feminist Science? 296 Index 313
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