What Can She Know?: Feminist Theory and the Construction of Knowledge

Lorraine Code

Published by Cornell University Press 1991

What Can She Know?

Feminist Theory and the Construction of Knowledge

Lorraine Code

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501735738

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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...

Author / Editor information

Lorraine Code is Associate Professor of Philosophy at York University.

Reviews

Hilary Kornblith, University of Vermont:

A far-reaching contribution to feminist epistemology that ranks with the very best work in the field.

Wrtitten for philosophers, this work is remarkably lucid and readable, and is accessible to students and faculty in women's studies and philosophy.

This book merits serious discussion and deserves a wide readership among philosophers of all persuasions.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
CHAPTER ONE. Is the Sex of the Knower Epistemologically Significant? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER TWO. Knowledge and Subjectivity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
CHAPTER THREE. Second Persons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
CHAPTER FOUR. The Autonomy of Reason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
CHAPTER FIVE. Women and Experts: The Power of Ideology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
CHAPTER SIX. Credibility: A Double Standard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
CHAPTER SEVEN. Remapping the Epistemic Terrain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
CHAPTER EIGHT. A Feminist Epistemology? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 368
Keywords: Philosophy; Gender Studies

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Published: September 5, 2018
ISBN: 9781501735738