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020			_a9781107462038
082			_a571.8 NEL-L
100			_aNelson, Lynn Hankinson
245			_aBiology and feminism : _ba philosophical introduction / _cLynn Hankinson Nelson
260			_aNew York _bCambridge University Press _c2017
300			_a265 p.
365			_aGBP _b21.99
500			_aThis book provides a unique introduction to the study of relationships between gender and biology, a core part of the feminist science research tradition which emerged nearly half a century ago. Lynn Hankinson Nelson presents an accessible and balanced discussion of research questions, background assumptions, methods, and hypotheses about biology and gender with which feminist scientists and science scholars critically and constructively engage. Writing from the perspective of contemporary philosophy of science, she examines the evidence for and ethical implications of biological hypotheses about gender, and discusses relevant philosophical issues including understandings of scientific objectivity, the nature of scientific reasoning, and relationships between biological research and the scientific and social contexts in which it is pursued. Clear and comprehensive, this volume addresses the engagements of feminist scientists and science scholars with a range of disciplines, including developmental and evolutionary biology, medicine, neurobiology, and primatology.
650			_aDevelopmental Biology
650			_aFeminism
650			_aBiological Evolution
650			_aPhilosophy