Biology and feminism: a philosophical introduction
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9781107462038
- ISBN10 1107462037
- Type Book
- Pages 276
- Published 2017
- Language English
- Bookbinding Paperback
Sections
History And Philosophy Of ScienceBiology and feminism: a philosophical introduction
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
Book Details
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.
A balanced and accessible philosophical introduction to feminist scientists' and science scholars' engagements with approaches to and hypotheses about gender in biology, and to the philosophical issues raised. This book will be of interest to students of biology, history and philosophy of science, science studies, and women's and gender studies.