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

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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.
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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