Feminist epistemology: “Daughters of Quine”

Companion to Quine . Quine and Epistemology

For Quine, as for many canonical philosophers since Descartes, epistemology stands at the very center of philosophy. Indeed, at the outset of “The Nature of Natural Knowledge”, Quine writes of “those of us who look upon philosophy primarily as the theory of knowledge” (1975:67). In this chapter, I discuss some central themes in Quine’s epistemology. I attempt to provide some historical context ...

The Market for Feminist Epistemology

Record: 1 Title: The market for feminist epistemology. Authors: Baber, Harriet Source: Monist; Oct94, Vol. 77 Issue 4, p403, 21p Document Type: Article Subject Terms: *KNOWLEDGE, Theory of *FEMINIST theory Abstract: Focuses on the feminist paradigm of epistemology. Failure of traditional theories of knowledge to account for features of women's experience; Empirical assumptions about gender diff...

Feminist Epistemology in a Polanyian Perspective

Arachne╆s Daughters┺ towards a Feminist Poetics of Creative Autonomy

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Feminist Epistemology and James’ Ways of Deriving Truth

In the following paper I will be comparing two trains of thought in the method of attaining knowledge, or lack thereof. The first critique will be from feminist epistemology headed by Genevieve Lloyd who argues that there is a fundamental difference in the knowledge of men and of women; the female virtues, as she states, have not been given their full voice in epistemology and philosophy in gen...