"Rethinking standpoint epistemology - what is strong objectivity?" - Really nice paper by Sandra Harding on how feminist perspectives can increase objectivity of science, & how people need 2 work across 'identity' lines 2 maximize epistemological resources https://buff.ly/2MifzPT
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I pointed out the fact that feminist perspectives often _decreases_ the objectivity of science, taking a slightly bent stick & radically bending & twisting it. You said, "Sandra Harding on how feminist perspectives can increase objectivity of science,"
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Right, saying that something, if well done, can accomplish A, is not refuted by the observation that, if done poorly, it can impede the accomplishment of A.
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I pointed out that the literature you recommend is dominated by B, and the showed you a notorious example of the kind of thing that is common through the literature. You didn't want to hear it. Fine. Hide your eyes.
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I didn’t recommend a literature. I said that one paper I read made some good points. I’m genuinely confused about what the point is you think we disagree on.
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I made a simple point which is true -- feminist philosophers of science distort science as least as much as they sensitize us to distortions from the past. Often they radically distort the significance of the job done by the metaphorical extension of language in eg biology.
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Perhaps. But the article I referred2 made a cogent argument for how feminist perspectives can increase objectivity of science. There is presumably some proportion of feminist philosophers of science who don't consistently employ those methods well. Doesn't undermine what I wrote.
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This kind of thing is pretty common in the feminist literature.
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