HPS200H1 Lecture Notes - Feminist Epistemology, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Knowledge Acquisition
16 Mar 2014
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Science and values: science and gender: two fundamental strands to discussions of gender and science. Scienti c conceptions of women (scienti c bias: challenges the view that science is autonomous and objective. Autonomy and objectivity are products of the enlightenment, an 18th century sea change of ideas. The period has also been designated the age of reason emphasizing one of its central ideas: the value and power of reason. Some extend the designation age of reason to included the 17th century (especially the later half): newton"s philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica (mathematical. Principles of natural philosophy) commonly known as the principia was published in 1687: 1660 royal society was founded. The enlightenment involved, in large part, throwing off the shackles of theological ideology and power and a rejection of the inhumane ideas and ac8ons of the church. An emphasis on reason, natural rights, equality: the expression of these politically resulted in secularism, and democracy.
