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What Can She Know?: Feminist Theory and the Construction of Knowledge
Lorraine Code
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Description for What Can She Know?: Feminist Theory and the Construction of Knowledge
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
In this lively and accessible book Lorraine Code addresses one of the most controversial questions in contemporary theory of knowledge, a question of fundamental concern for feminist theory as well: Is the sex of the knower epistemologically significant? Responding in the affirmative, Code offers a radical alterantive to mainstream philosophy's terms for what counts as knowledge and how it is to be evaluated. Code first reviews the literature of established epistemologies and unmasks the prevailing assumption in Anglo-American philosophy that the knower is a value-free and ideologically neutral abstraction. Approaching knowledge as a social construct ... Read more
In this lively and accessible book Lorraine Code addresses one of the most controversial questions in contemporary theory of knowledge, a question of fundamental concern for feminist theory as well: Is the sex of the knower epistemologically significant? Responding in the affirmative, Code offers a radical alterantive to mainstream philosophy's terms for what counts as knowledge and how it is to be evaluated. Code first reviews the literature of established epistemologies and unmasks the prevailing assumption in Anglo-American philosophy that the knower is a value-free and ideologically neutral abstraction. Approaching knowledge as a social construct ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
Weight
511g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801497209
SKU
V9780801497209
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About Lorraine Code
Lorraine Code is Associate Professor of Philosophy at York University.
Reviews for What Can She Know?: Feminist Theory and the Construction of Knowledge
A far-reaching contribution to feminist epistemology that ranks with the very best work in the field.
Hilary Kornblith, University of Vermont Wrtitten for philosophers, this work is remarkably lucid and readable, and is accessible to students and faculty in women's studies and philosophy.
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This book merits serious discussion and deserves a wide ... Read more
Hilary Kornblith, University of Vermont Wrtitten for philosophers, this work is remarkably lucid and readable, and is accessible to students and faculty in women's studies and philosophy.
Choice
This book merits serious discussion and deserves a wide ... Read more