An Introduction to Feminist Epistemologies [Paperback]

1. Epistemology.

2. The Study of Scientific Knowledge:.

a. Philosophy of Science.

b. The Sociology of Knowledge.

c. The Cultural Study of Scientific Knowledge.

Part II: Feminism and Mainstream Epistemology.

1. Feminist Criticisms of Individualism in Epistemology.

2. Feminist Objections to the Traditional Epistemic Subject.

Part III: Feminism and Science:.

1. Sexist Science.

2. Science and Values.

Part IV: Feminist Empiricism:.

1. Contextual Empiricism.

2. Naturalised Empiricism.

3. The Limits of Empiricism.

Part V: Naturalised feminist Epistemology:.

1. Feminism and Naturalised Epistemology.

2. Sociology and Naturalised Epistemology.

Part VI: The Importance of Standpoint in Feminism:.

1. What is a Standpoint: Beginning from Women's Experience.

2. Starting from Marginal Lives.

Part VII: Objectivity and Feminism:.

1. What is Objectivity?.

2. Objectivity and Objectification. Objectivity, Values, and Responsibility.

Part VIII: Knowledge and Power:.

1. Power, Knowledge, and Human Interests.

2. Disciplinary Power, Bio-Power, and Science.

Part IX: Reason and Unreason il#&