Gender and philosophy of science: The case of Mary Hesse

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• 作者：Margareta Hallberg ^{margareta.hallberg@gu.se margareta.hallberg@theorysc.gu.se}
• 关键词：Mary Hesse ; Philosophy of science ; Gender ; Symmetry
• 刊名：Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：25_00393681
• 类别：art
• 出版时间：June, 2012
• 卷：43
• 期：2
• 页码：333-340
• 文件大小：181 K

摘要

This article is composed of two intertwining narratives. The first is a discussion of the concept of gender in relation to philosopher of science Mary Hesse鈥檚 theoretical contributions and academic experiences. The second narrative takes issue with the gender concept at a more general level and particularly to discuss its strengths and limits. The article alternates between a discussion of different claims from gender theorists and a presentation of Mary Hesse鈥檚 academic experiences. I conclude that although the gender concept has, until now, only been used in an asymmetrical sense, i.e., negatively linked to women鈥檚 careers and positively to men鈥檚, it will not necessarily be identically used in the future. Both empirical findings and conceptual changes may make room for a more differentiated understanding of gender.