Feminist implications of model-based science |
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Authors: | Angela Potochnik |
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Institution: | 1. Departamento de Psicobiología, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, C/Juan del Rosal 10, 28040 Madrid, Spain;2. Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Granada, Avda. de Madrid s/nº, 18012 Granada, Spain;3. Departamento de Investigación, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain;4. Centro de Salud Joaquín Rodrigo, Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Área 11 de AP, Madrid, Spain |
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Abstract: | Recent philosophy of science has witnessed a shift in focus, in that significantly more consideration is given to how scientists employ models. Attending to the role of models in scientific practice leads to new questions about the representational roles of models, the purpose of idealizations, why multiple models are used for the same phenomenon, and many more besides. In this paper, I suggest that these themes resonate with central topics in feminist epistemology, in particular prominent versions of feminist empiricism, and that model-based science and feminist epistemology each has crucial resources to offer the other’s project. |
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