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2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Studies on Objectivity and Diversity as Epistemological Values

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 19K13047
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 01080:Sociology of science, history of science and technology-related
Research InstitutionMatsuyama University

Principal Investigator

NIHEI Mariko  松山大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (50770294)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Keywords科学哲学 / フェミニスト科学哲学 / 社会認識論 / 多様性
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Feminist philosophy of science includes multiple lines and positions within it, but all of them generally share the emphasis on the "diversity" of scientific knowledge-producing communities. In these arguments, diversity is regarded not only as an ethical and social imperative, but also as an effective function for the objectivity of scientific knowledge, i.e., as an epistemological or epistemic benefit concerning the content of scientific knowledge. In this study, I have classified representative positions within feminist philosophy of science, clarified the concept of "diversity" on which each position relies, and examined the claims of each position regarding the relationship between the objectivity of scientific knowledge and the diversity of the scientific community.

Free Research Field

哲学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

フェミニスト科学哲学の内部は多岐にわたっている。それらの相違を整理し、コアな論点の相違と重なり合いを明確化したこと、とりわけ、フェミニスト科学哲学者自身もあまり明確に区別してこなかった内部での「多様性」概念の相違を明らかにしたことには一定の学術的価値があると思う。
組織やコミュニティの「多様性」とか「ダイバーシティ」の促進は、近年重視されている社会的テーマのひとつであろう。だが、それらを語るさいに、我々は必ずしも、多様性の定義や意味を明確に共有しているわけではない。本研究が精査した複数の多様性概念とそれらの相違は、こうした社会的議論を行うさいの我々の概念ツールとして役立つ可能性がある。

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Published: 2023-01-30  

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