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John Dewey and Evelyn Fox Keller: A Shared Epistemological Tradition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Lisa Heldke
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Abstract

In this paper, I undertake an exploration of the similarities I find between the epistemological projects of John Dewey and Evelyn Fox Keller. These similarities, I suggest, warrant considering Dewey and Keller to share membership in an epistemological tradition, a tradition I label the “Coresponsible Option.” In my examination, I focus on Dewey's and Keller's ontological assertion that we live in a world that is an inextricable mixture of certainty and chance, and on their resultant conception of inquiry as a communal relationship.

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Research Article
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Hypatia , Volume 2 , Issue 3: Special Issue: Feminism and Science, Part 1 , Fall 1987 , pp. 129 - 140
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 by Hypatia, Inc.

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