Sandra G. Harding, who lived from March 29, 1935 to March 5, 2025, was an American philosopher of feminist and postcolonial theory, epistemology, research methodology and philosophy of science, who directed the UCLA Center for the Study of Women from 1996 to 2000 and co-edited the journal Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society from 2000 to 2005. Until her death she was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Education and Gender Studies at UCLA and a Distinguished Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University, and in 2013 she was awarded the John Desmond Bernal Prize by the Society for the Social Studies of Science.
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Defining MomentAwarded the John Desmond Bernal Prize by the Society for the Social Studies of Science in 2013 1 Notable PublicationThe Science Question in Feminism (1986) 1 Office HeldDirector, UCLA Center for the Study of Women (1996 to 2000) 1 TraditionFeminist standpoint epistemology and philosophy of science ("strong objectivity") 1 Connections
Influenced
Harding is named directly in Haraway's own Wikipedia infobox/list of Influences, alongside Nancy Hartsock.
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Wikipedialead section, opening sentence
Sandra G. Harding (March 29, 1935, March 5, 2025) was an American philosopher of feminist and postcolonial theory, epistemology, research methodology, and philosophy of science, who directed the UCLA Center for the Study of Women from 1996 to 2000, and co-edited Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society from 2000 to 2005. Until her death, she was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Education and Gender Studies at UCLA and a Distinguished Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University. In 2013, she was awarded the John Desmond Bernal Prize by the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S).
Research and criticism section
Harding developed the research standard of "strong objectivity," and contributed to the articulation of standpoint methodology.
Research and criticism section, 1986 book discussion
In her 1986 book The Science Question in Feminism, Harding touched on the pervasiveness of rape and torture metaphors for the scientific method in the writings of Francis Bacon and others.
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WikipediaInfluenced: Donna Haraway, Academic background section, Influences listQuote, Influenced: Donna Haraway, Academic background section, Influences list
Sandra Harding
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