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Dismantling the Self/Other Dichotomy in Science: Towards a Feminist Model of the Immune System

2001; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 16; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/hyp.2001.0015

1527-2001

Lisa Weasel,

Biomedical Ethics and Regulation

Despite the development of a vast body of literature pertaining to feminism and science, examples of how feminist phifosophies might be applied to scientific theories and practice have been limited. Moreover, most scientists remain unfamiliar with how feminism pertains to their work. Using the example of the immune system, this paper applies three feminist epistemologies feminist empiricism, feminist standpoint theory, and feminist postmodernismtoassess competingchims of immune function within a feminist context.