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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 10 Mar 2019 09:08:46 +0000 From: N. Jardine <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: graduate seminar, ideologies of science The final session of the graduate seminar Ideologies of Science, Monday 11 March, 11.30-13.00, HPS Seminar Room 1, is on Science, Democracy and Feminism, presented by Anna Alexandrova and Stephen John. Outline and readings below. All welcome 11 March, Anna Alexandrova and Stephen John Science, Democracy and Feminism in Contemporary Analytic Philosophy of Science In the last twenty years, there has been a resurgence of interest within analytical philosophy in the intersections within politics and science. In this session, we trace two important lines of concern. First, Kitcher's "Science, Truth and Democracy", which introduced the influential concept of "well-ordered science", prompted a reappraisal of the ways in which scientific research should be under social control. Second, insights from feminist epistemology and philosophy have increasingly been used to rethink the ways in which science is gendered. Both of these trends intersect with a third, sprawling literature questioning the (allegedly) once mighty "value-free ideal" for science. In discussion, we will consider how well Kitcher's proposals stand up in light of the fragility of liberal democracy, and discuss the bold claim put forward by Elizabeth Anderson that scientific research guided by feminist principles may be not just politically but scientifically responsible. Readings Kitcher, P (2003) Science, Truth and Democracy (Oxford University Press), Chaps. 9 and 10. John, S (forthcoming) 'Science, truth and dictatorship: Wishful thinking or wishful speaking?', Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Anderson, Elizabeth. 'Uses of value judgments in science: A general argument, with lessons from a case study of feminist research on divorce', Hypatia (2004), 1-24. ...brought to you by HPS-discussion. To subscribe or to be removed please send mail to [email protected]. _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
