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Feminist criticism in biology exemplifies philosophy of science

Lynn Hankinson Nelson: Biology and feminism: a philosophical introduction. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017, $26.99 PB

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Brister, E. Feminist criticism in biology exemplifies philosophy of science. Metascience 28, 277–280 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-019-00391-4

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