Over twenty-five years ago, feminist philosopher Sandra Harding (1987) asked:“Is there a
distinctive feminist method of inquiry?” In answering the question, she distinguished …

Over the past twenty-five years, numerous articles in Hypatia have clarified, revised, and
defended increasingly more nuanced views of both feminist empiricism and standpoint …

Over fifteen years ago, feminist philosopher Sandra Harding asked:'Is There a Distinctive
Feminist Method of Inquiry?'In answering the question, she distinguished between …

ABSTRACT I argue, In opposition to recent criticism by Helen Longino and Richmond
Campbell, that standpoint theory is needed for a feminist account of knowledge. Its recently …

Feminist standpoint theories are deeply indebted to the women's political movements of the
1960s and 1970s and also to the antipositivist histories, sociologies, and philosophies of …

Sandra Harding originally distinguished “standpoint feminism” from “feminist empiricism,”
describing the latter as the view that instances of male bias are merely cases of “bad …

Another response to the question about how to justify the results of feminist research is
provided by the feminist standpoint theorists. They argue that not just opinions but also a …

What is feminism in the twenty-first century? 5 Are feminists women? 7 What is methodology
in social research? 9 Connecting ideas, experience and reality 10 Method is not …

Janet Chafetz dismisses Audre Lorde's dictum that you cannot dismantle the master's house
using the master's tools. Instead, she argues compellingly that feminists draw from the same …

The question as to what constitutes feminist social research has been an issue for feminists
for over a decade and there is now a considerable literature addressing the topic. It seems to …