Feminist epistemology and American pragmatism
Subtitle: Dewey and Quine
By: Alexandra L. Shuford.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826498670
Subjects: Feminist theory; Pragmatism; Knowledge, Theory of
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Birthing feminist pragmatist epistemologies; title: Feminist epistemologies; title: Embodiment; title: Project overview; title: Quine's naturalized epistemology; title: A brief history of objectivity in western philosophy; title: Quine's empiricism; title: Holism; title: Ontological and epistemological impact; title: Antony's analytic feminist empiricism; title: Objectivity and the bias paradox; title: Quine's naturalized epistemology solves bias paradox; title: Anti-quinean realism; title: Nelson's holistic feminist empiricism; title: Nelson's holism; title: Communities as knowers; title: Facts/values; title: Dewey's theory of inquiry; title: Epistemology and inquiry; title: Biological and cultural matrices; title: Habits and embodiment; title: Feminist pragmatist inquiry; title: OB/GYN and midwifery models; title: Time; title: Technology; title: Spatial presence; title: Tacit knowledge as feminist.