Feminist Epistemology and Value
Abstract Assiter discusses and develops recent debates in feminist epistemology by outlining the concept of an 'emancipatory value' and describing the optimum conditions that a 'community' of knowers must satisfy for its members to have the best chance of producing knowledge claims. The article argues that one of the conditions any 'emancipatory community' must satisfy is that its underlying values should not oppress women. After developing the general concepts of emancipatory value and epistemic community, Assiter argues that feminist values are one set of emancipatory values to which an epistemic community should pay regard.
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