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.

List of contents

List of figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Conceptual preliminaries; 2. Sexual selection: Darwin; 3. Sexual selection: parental investment theory and human sociobiology; 4. Primatology; 5. Developmental biology; 6. Medicine; 7. Neurobiology; 8. Evolutionary psychology; 9. Socially responsible science and socially relevant philosophy of science; Bibliography; Index.

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 Hankinson Nelson, Lynn (University of Washington) Hankinson Nelson, Lynn Hankinson Nelson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781107090187
• ISBN: 978-1-107-09018-7
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Phi; Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology; Cambridge Introductions to Phi
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; 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