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The Human Dream of Power. The Portrait of Science as a Conceptual Heritage of the Modern Era
The Human Dream of Power. The Portrait of Science as a Conceptual Heritage of the Modern Era

Author(s): Aleksandra Derra
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Early Modern Philosophy
Published by: Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych
Keywords: rationality; objectivity; modern science; gender; gender problem in science

Summary/Abstract: The article provides a compact review of the early modern science views of the nature of science, scientific method and knowledge, rationality and objectivity with respect to masculinity and femininity. Following primarily Galileo and Bacon's work, the author is interested in pointing out the most important ideas of the historically fixed ways of how people imagined the acquisition of knowledge, presented nature, understood the role of researchers, as well as what metaphors they applied in defining knowledge. Due to the vast and diverse material, the aim is not to sketch a complete and detailed portrait of the ideal of modern science, but to explore to what extent gender-related issues were of any significance here.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 40-61
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: English