Neurofeminism: issues at the intersection of feminist theory and cognitive science

Going beyond the hype of recent fMRI 'findings', thisinterdisciplinary collection examines such questions as: Do women and men have significantly differentbrains? Do women empathize, while men systematize? Is there a 'feminine' ethics? What does brain research on intersex conditions tell us about sex and gender? ROBYN BLUHM Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs at Old Dominion University, USA. Her research examines philosophical issues in medicine and psychiatry, with a particularfocus on the relationship between ethical and epistemological questions arising in medical research or clinical practice. ANNE JAAP JACOBSON Professor of Philosophy and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston, USA,where she is also Director of the Center for Neuroengineering and cognitive science. She has published a number of papers on the history of philosophy, philosophy of mind and neurophilosophy, and feminist philosophy. She edited'Feminist Interpretations of Hume' and authored 'Keeping the World in Mind', also from Palgrave Macmillan. She blogs frequently at Feministphilosophers.wordpress.com. HEIDI L. MAIBOM Associate Professor of Philosophy at Carleton University, Canada. She has published papers on philosophy of mind, moral psychology, emotions, and psychopathology. She is currently working on a book on moral emotions. INDICE: Acknowledgements - Notes on Contributors - Introduction;' R.Bluhm', 'A.J.Jacobson' & 'H.Maibom - 'The Politics of Pictured Reality: Locating theObject from Nowhere in fMRI; 'L.Meynell - 'What, If Anything, Can Neuroscience Tell Us About Gender Differences?; 'G.Hoffman - 'In a Different Voice?; 'H.Maibom - 'The Role of Fetal Testosterone in the Development of 'The Essential Difference' Between the Sexes: Some Essential Issues; 'G.Grossi' & 'C.Fine - 'Hardwired for Sexism? Approaches to Sex/Gender in Neuroscience; 'R.M.Jordan-Young' & 'R.I.Rumiati - 'Re-Queering the Brain; 'A.Kaiser' & 'I.Dussauge - 'Situated Neuroscience: Exploring Biologies of Diversity; 'G.Einstein - 'Cosmopolitics and the Brain: The Co-Becoming of Practices in Feminism and Neuroscience; 'D.Roy' - Beyond Neurosexism: Is it Possible to Defend the Female Brain?; 'R.Bluhm - 'Seeing as a Social Phenomenon: Feminist Theory and the Cognitive Sciences; 'A.J.Jacobson - 'Linking Neuroscience, Medicine, Gender and Society through Controversy and Conflict Analysis: A 'Dissensus Framework' for Feminist/Queer Brain Science Studies; 'C.Kraus - 'Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-29673-2
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 296
• Fecha Publicación: 03/02/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés