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Feminism, Objectivity, and Analytic Philosophy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Sara Worley
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Abstract

Evelyn Fox Keller and Susan Bordo are often cited as sources for the claim that the notion of objectivity found in Western science and analytic philosophy is male-biased. I argue that even if their arguments that objectivity is male-biased are successful, the bias they establish is not a sort which should worry any feminist analytic philosophers (or scientists). I also examine their suggestions for reconceiving objectivity and find them inadequately motivated.

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Research Article
Information
Hypatia , Volume 10 , Issue 3: Special Issue: Analytic Feminism , Summer 1995 , pp. 138 - 156
Copyright
Copyright © 1995 by Hypatia, Inc.

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