Science as Social Knowledge
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Analogy
Author_Helen E. Longino
Behavior
Behavioral endocrinology
Biologist
Biology
Case study
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Causality
Cognition
Criticism
Determination
Disposition
Emergence
Empirical evidence
Endocrinology
Epistemology
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Estrogen
Et cetera
Experiment
Explanation
Explanatory model
Gender role
Genetic engineering
Holism
Homosexuality
Hormone
Human behavior
Hypothesis
Ideology
Inference
Inquiry
Instance (computer science)
Intentionality
Interaction
Loaded language
Logical positivism
Masculinity
Methodology
Natural science
Nature
Objectivity (science)
Observation
Phenomenon
Philosopher
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Positivism
Principle
Rationality
Reality
Reason
Reductionism
Relevance
Requirement
Research program
Result
Science
Scientific method
Scientific realism
Scientific theory
Scientist
Sexism
Sexual dimorphism
Sexual orientation
Social relation
Suggestion
Theory
Theory choice
Thomas Kuhn
Thought
Value (ethics)
Product details
- ISBN 9780691020518
- Weight: 425g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 21 Feb 1990
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Conventional wisdom has it that the sciences, properly pursued, constitute a pure, value-free method of obtaining knowledge about the natural world. In light of the social and normative dimensions of many scientific debates, Helen Longino finds that general accounts of scientific methodology cannot support this common belief. Focusing on the notion of evidence, the author argues that a methodology powerful enough to account for theories of any scope and depth is incapable of ruling out the influence of social and cultural values in the very structuring of knowledge. The objectivity of scientific inquiry can nevertheless be maintained, she proposes, by understanding scientific inquiry as a social rather than an individual process. Seeking to open a dialogue between methodologists and social critics of the sciences, Longino develops this concept of "contextual empiricism" in an analysis of research programs that have drawn criticism from feminists.
Examining theories of human evolution and of prenatal hormonal determination of "gender-role" behavior, of sex differences in cognition, and of sexual orientation, the author shows how assumptions laden with social values affect the description, presentation, and interpretation of data. In particular, Longino argues that research on the hormonal basis of "sex-differentiated behavior" involves assumptions not only about gender relations but also about human action and agency. She concludes with a discussion of the relation between science, values, and ideology, based on the work of Habermas, Foucault, Keller, and Haraway.
