Biology and Feminism

A Philosophical Introduction

Lynn Hankinson Nelson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

276 Seiten

2017
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-09018-7 (ISBN)

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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.

This book provides a unique introduction to the study of relationships between gender and biology, a core part of the feminist science research tradition which emerged nearly half a century ago. Lynn Hankinson Nelson presents an accessible and balanced discussion of research questions, background assumptions, methods, and hypotheses about biology and gender with which feminist scientists and science scholars critically and constructively engage. Writing from the perspective of contemporary philosophy of science, she examines the evidence for and ethical implications of biological hypotheses about gender, and discusses relevant philosophical issues including understandings of scientific objectivity, the nature of scientific reasoning, and relationships between biological research and the scientific and social contexts in which it is pursued. Clear and comprehensive, this volume addresses the engagements of feminist scientists and science scholars with a range of disciplines, including developmental and evolutionary biology, medicine, neurobiology, and primatology.

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).

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.9.2017
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology
Zusatzinfo	5 Halftones, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	179 x 253 mm
Gewicht	660 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-107-09018-0 / 1107090180
ISBN-13	978-1-107-09018-7 / 9781107090187
Zustand	Neuware