My areas of specialization are
philosophy of the social and historical sciences, specifically
archaeology, and feminist philosophy of science. I am particularly
interested in how archaeologists establish knowledge claims about the
social and cultural past, and in the question of what follows, for
ideals of objectivity, when it is acknowledged that contextual values
play an ineliminable role in the research process. In both cases, I
argue, the answers lie in an analysis of evidential reasoning. To
explain how evidential constraints operate in archaeology I have
developed models of analogical inference, hypothesis testing, and the
role of background knowledge. And to explore the epistemic role of
standpoint-specific interests and contextual values in the sciences, I
am currently engaged in a study of feminist research programs in the
social sciences. For a more detailed description of these interests see
Research Interests.
Recent
and Forthcoming Publications
For a full list of
publications by area, current projects, and recent presentations, see Publications, Presentations, & Current
Projects.
When Difference Makes a
Difference: Epistemic Diversity and Dissent: special issue of Episteme:Journal of Social Epistemology,
based on papers presented at the Episteme annual conference, University
of Toronto (June 2-3, 2006): Episteme
3.1-2(2006). Episteme website.
Science and Values, co-edited with Harold Kincaid and
John Dupre, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Thinking From
Things: Essays in the Philosophy of Archaeology, University of
California Press, Berkeley CA, (2002). UCPress
“Agnatology in/of
Archaeology,” Agnatology: The Cultural Production of Ignorance,
edited by Robert N. Proctor and Londa Schiebinger; Stanford University
Press, forthcoming. Conference
website
“The Feminism Question in
Science: What Does it Mean to ‘Do Social Science as a Feminist’?”, Handbook
of Feminist Research, edited by Sharlene Hesse-Biber, Sage, 2007,
pp. 567-578.
“Philosophy of
Archaeology; Philosophy in Archaeology,” in The Philosophy of
Anthropology and Sociology, edited by Stephen Turner and Mark
Risjord; volume 14, Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, Elsevier
Science, 2007, pp. 517-549.
“Socially Naturalized
Norms of Epistemic Rationality: Aggregation and Deliberation,” The Southern
Journal of Philosophy 44 Supplement (2006): 43-48.
"The Promise and Perils
of an Ethic of Stewardship," Beyond Ethics: Anthropological
Moralities on the Boundaries of the Public and the Professional,
edited by Lynn Meskell and Peter Pells, Berg Press, London, 2005, pp.
47-68.
“Why Standpoint Matters,”
in Science and Other Cultures: Issues in Philosophies of Science
and Technology, edited by Robert Figueroa and Sandra Harding,
Routledge, New York, 2003, pp. 26-48.
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