RT info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
T1 Feminist epistemology: standpoint theory. What can feminist standpoint theory say about the physical sciences?
A1 Cipriani, Nastassja
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Social location
K1 Production of knowledge
K1 72 Filosofía
AB In this work I provide a detailed description of Sandra Harding’s feminist standpoint theory,which represents one of the three traditional approaches to feminist epistemology. I start bypresenting the two main theses of the theory: the situated knowledge thesis and the thesis ofepistemic privilege. In order to do that I extensively talk about the concept of partialperspectives and the concept of social location. Then, after the two main theses, I presentHarding’s strong objectivity proposal and, related to it, the interrelation between, on onehand, the scientific and epistemological norm of objectivity and, on the other hand, the socialand political norm of diversity. In the discussion section I try to introduce some argumentsregarding the importance of considering the concepts presented previously, in the context ofvery abstract disciplines such as the physical sciences. To that end, I consider two dimensionsof the problem: firstly, the culture and social organization of science; secondly, theknowledge-producing practices of science. Both dimensions contribute to the way scientificknowledge is produced and thus to scientific knowledge itself. It is in this sense that I assertthat the social location of knowers can affect the content of science.
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/45684
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/45684
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filosofía (Filosofía, Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia, Teoría e Historia de la Educación, Filosofía Moral, Estética y Teoría de las Artes)
DS UVaDOC
RD 17-jul-2024