FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: BORDERS OF THEMATIC SPACE Cover Image

ФЕМИНИСТСКАЯ ФИЛОСОФИЯ НАУКИ: ГРАНИЦЫ ТЕМАТИЧЕСКОГО ПРОСТРАНСТВА
FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: BORDERS OF THEMATIC SPACE

Author(s): N. I. Martishina
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Петрозаводский государственный университет
Keywords: feminism; philosophy of science; social epistemology; social background of scientifi c knowledge

Summary/Abstract: The paper provides characteristics of the feminist philosophy of science, which is one of the trends in contemporary epistemology. The author describes the thematic space of the feminist philosophy of science (the main area of the research) and divides it into the social, methodological, and epistemological spheres. A conclusion that the feminist philosophy of science is an actual version of the social epistemology is substantiated.