What is it Like to be a Woman in the Philosophy of Physics?

Chapter Author(s) Laura Ruetsche
Book/Edited Volume TitleThe Routledge Handbook of Feminist Philosophy of Science
Editor(s)Sharon Crasnow; Kristen Intemann
Pages397-408
AbstractA woman in philosophy of physics is a suspicious character. As a philosopher of physics, she is suspect due to her gender. As a woman, she is suspect due to her allegiance to a male-dominated subdiscipline whose (typically formal/mathematical) methods, it is sometimes suggested, are hostile to feminism. Addressing the second suspicion, this essay urges that recognizably feminist theses can be articulated, investigated, and supported through formal/mathematical methods.
Keywordswomen in philosophy, philosophy of physics, feminist epistemology, intersectionality, technical philosophy, gender discrimination, stereotype threat, quantum field theory, contextual analysis, pristine philosophy, epistemic communities, credibility hierarchies, philosophical methodology, underrepresentation, social epistemology
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Date Published 2020
PublisherRoutledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780429507731
ISBN9780429507731
URLhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429507731-38/like-woman-philosophy-physics-laura-ruetsche
Open Access?No