PHL * K101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Hans Reichenbach, Thomas Kuhn, Antifeminism
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Feminist critique of science- feminism- ronald m gieure. If science is masculine, isn"t the critique of science as masculine already. Man the hunter vs. woman the gatherer. Theories of human development- male as the baseline with females as the. Sex as not as salient issue deviation. First must demonstrate masculine bias, and to show that the procedure was acceptable scientifically- which allows one to look into the. Feminist critique is at least a theoretical. First attack on anti-feminist theory- attacking the enlightenment theory. Enlightenment ideals of science- the view that scientific knowledge is available to anyone as long as they are reasoning. The enlightenment"s presumption of gender equality was a. Prominent philosopher- hans reichenbach presumption- no evidence for it. Difference between context of discovery and context of justification. Claim that there is a masculine science" is the same as the accusation of a.
