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The Virtues of Feminist Empiricism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Richmond Campbell
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Abstract

Despite the emergence of new forms of feminist empiricism, there continues to be resistance to the idea that feminist political commitment can be integral to hypothesis testing in science when that process adheres strictly to empiricist norms and is grounded in a realist conception of objectivity. I explore the virtues of such feminist empiricism, arguing that the resistance is, in large part, due to the lingering effects of positivism.

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Research Article
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Hypatia , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , Winter 1994 , pp. 90 - 115
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Copyright © 1994 by Hypatia, Inc.

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