feminism, knowledge and society
introduction: objective and cultural diversity
since the original of modern social theory in the Enlightenment, there has been a tension between, on the one hand, the received model of objective (scientific) knowledge and on the other, the recognition of the historical and cultural variability of patterns of belief. The paradigm of mechanical science, associated with Galileo and Newton, dealing with objectively measurable phenomena, and disclosing a world governed by mathematically specifiable laws, was widely adopted as the model for 'scientific' morality, law and government. although the advocates of rival epistemologies - empiricists, rationalists and Kantians-differed from each other on many issue they still shared important thematic commitments, most especially their belief in the objectivity and universality of scientific knowledge and method. this belief can be summed up in the form of the following four statements:
feminism, knowledge and society
introduction: objective and cultural diversity
since the original of modern social theory in the Enlightenment, there has been a tension between, on the one hand, the received model of objective (scientific) knowledge and on the other, the recognition of the historical and cultural variability of patterns of belief. The paradigm of mechanical science, associated with Galileo and Newton, dealing with objectively measurable phenomena, and disclosing a world governed by mathematically specifiable laws, was widely adopted as the model for 'scientific' morality, law and government. although the advocates of rival epistemologies - empiricists, rationalists and Kantians-differed from each other on many issue they still shared important thematic commitments, most especially their belief in the objectivity and universality of scientific knowledge and method. this belief can be summed up in the form of the following four statements:
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