Biology and Feminism A Philosophical Introduction

A balanced and accessible introduction to the engagements that feminist scientists and science scholars undertake with a variety of biological sciences.

About the author

Lynn Hankinson Nelson is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Washington. She has published Who Knows (1990) and numerous articles on feminist science scholarship. She is co-author of On Quine (1999), and is co-editor of Feminism, Science, and the Philosophy of Science (1997) and of a special issue of Hypatia on Feminist Science Studies (2004).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Lynn (University of Washington) Hankinson Nelson, Lynn Hankinson Nelson, Lynn Hankinson Nelson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.10.2017
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9781107090187
• ISBN: 978-1-107-09018-7
• Pages: 276
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Phi; Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology; Cambridge Introductions to Phi
• Subjects: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Philosophy of Science, Biology, life sciences, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory