Science and Other Cultures: Issues in Philosophies of Science and TechnologyRobert Figueroa, Sandra G. Harding In this pioneering new book, Sandra Harding and Robert Figueroa bring together an important collection of original essays by leading philosophers exploring an extensive range of diversity issues for the philosophy of science and technology. The essays gathered in this volume extend current philosophical discussion of science and technology beyond the standard feminist and gender analyses that have flourished over the past two decades, by bringing a thorough and truly diverse set of cultural, racial, and ethical concerns to bear on questioning in these areas. Science and Other Cultures charts important new directions in ongoing discussions of science and technology, and makes a significant contribution to both scholarly and teaching resources available in the field. |
Contents
Why Standpoint Matters | 26 |
A World of Sciences | 49 |
An Encounter between | 70 |
CONTENTS | 71 |
Seeds and their Sociocultural Nexus | 91 |
Issues in the Study Treatment and | 106 |
Science and Technology | 127 |
Queer Nature Circular Science | 221 |
Issues | 235 |
Contributors | 267 |
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