Feminist philosophy identifies tensions within mainstream theories
of knowledge. To create a more egalitarian epistemology, solutions
to these problems have been as diverse as the traditions of
philosophy out of which feminists continue to emerge. This book
considers two equally formidable approaches theorized by Louise
Antony and Lynn Hankinson Nelson. The American philosopher W.V.O.
Quine locates knowledge as a branch of empirical science. Shuford
shows how both Antony and Nelson use Quine's 'naturalized
epistemology' to create empirically robust feminist epistemologies.
However, Shuford argues that neither can include physical
embodiment as an important epistemic variable. The book argues that
John Dewey's theory of inquiry extends beyond Quine's insight that
knowledge must be interrogated as an empirical matter. Because
Dewey insists that all aspects of experience must be subject to the
experimental openness that is the hallmark of scientific reasoning,
Shuford concludes that physical embodiment must play an important
part in knowledge claims.
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