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Biology and Feminism: A Philosophical Introduction

By Lynn Hankinson Nelson

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
1107462037, 9781107462038
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6360433 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology
Pages
xii+266\279
Time added
2018-06-29 11:24:40
Developmental Biology;Biology;Biological Sciences;

Description

This book provides a unique introduction to the study of relationships between gender and biology, a core part of the feminist science research tradition which emerged nearly half a century ago. Lynn Hankinson Nelson presents an accessible and balanced discussion of research questions, background assumptions, methods, and hypotheses about biology and gender with which feminist scientists and science scholars critically and constructively engage. Writing from the perspective of contemporary philosophy of science, she examines the evidence for and ethical implications of biological hypotheses about gender, and discusses relevant philosophical issues including understandings of scientific objectivity, the nature of scientific reasoning, and relationships between biological research and the scientific and social contexts in which it is pursued. Clear and comprehensive, this volume addresses the engagements of feminist scientists and science scholars with a range of disciplines, including developmental and evolutionary biology, medicine, neurobiology, and primatology.

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