Illusions of paradox : a feminist epistemology naturalized /
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| Author / Creator: | Campbell, Richmond. |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c1998. |
| Description: | xii, 247 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in epistemology and cognitive theory |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3184151 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- 1.. Introduction
- Promise or Paradox?
- The Paradoxes
- Three Commitments
- Notes
- Part I. Feminism and Empirical Knowledge
- 2.. Understanding Feminist Empiricism
- Internal Feminist Empiricism
- Is This a Coherent Empiricism?
- Can It Be Objective?
- Does It Have Sufficient Scope?
- Why Empiricism?
- Notes
- 3.. The Realism Question
- Systemic Bias and Explanatory Power
- Truth Versus Models
- Diversity, Maps, and Individuality
- More Arguments from Norms
- Quine's Argument
- The Bias Paradox
- Notes
- 4.. Knowledge as Social and Reflexive
- A Case for Social Epistemology
- Longino on Dialogue and Objectivity
- Emotional Knowledge
- Reflexivity and Empiricism
- Standpoint Theory Compared
- Notes
- Part II. Feminism and Naturalized Epistemology
- 5.. Normative Naturalized Epistemology
- Quine on Induction
- Normativity Forsaken?
- The Circularity Problem
- Native Inferential Tendencies
- Truth Versus Fitness
- Notes
- 6.. Self-Knowledge and Feminist Naturalism
- The Genetic Fallacy Fallacy
- Hardwig and Baier on Trust
- MacKinnon on Self-Knowledge and Sexual Pleasure
- Dillon on Basal Self-Respect
- Sherwin on Autonomy
- Feminism and Scientism
- Notes
- Part III. Feminism, Meaning, and Value
- 7.. Fact-Value Holism
- Can Ends Be Objective?
- The Fact-Value Dichotomy
- Fact and Value as Interdependent
- Models and Norms in Okin's Theory
- Can Norms Explain the World?
- What Are Epistemic Norms?
- Notes
- 8.. Meaning-Value Holism
- Analyticity and the A Priori
- Kitcher on A Priori Knowledge
- Adding Fact-Meaning Holism
- Is Feminist Metaethics Possible?
- Feminist Moral Realism?
- Notes
- Part IV. Feminism and Moral Knowledge
- 9.. Feminist Contractarianism
- Feminist Motivations in Conflict
- A Hybrid Theory of Moral Judgment
- Realism and Contractarianism
- Reconciling Justice with Care
- The Need for an Archimedean Point
- Embodied Knowledge
- Transformational Experiences
- The Baseline Problem
- Morality without Foundations
- Notes
- 10.. Feminist Contractarianism Naturalized
- Analogy with Induction
- Biology in "Man's" Image?
- Extending the Analogy
- Coping with Circularity
- Foundationalism or Coherentism?
- The Communitarian Objection
- Taking Consent Seriously
- Notes
- 11.. Conclusion
- The Paradoxes Are Illusions
- Is It Really Feminism? Or Philosophy?
- Note
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author