Bonus
Answer the following about the work of Lynn Hankinson Nelson, a feminist philosopher of science who died in 2024, for 10 points each.
[10m] Nelson’s most cited article is titled for “communities” described by this adjective, which she treats as prior to individuals in pursuing science. In philosophy of science, Paul Feyerabend (“FIRE-ah-bund”) advocated for an “anarchism” described by this adjective.
ANSWER: epistemological [accept “Epistemological Communities”; accept epistemological anarchism; reject “epistemic”]
[10h] A major goal of Nelson’s work is this practice, the linking of different historical and modern groups of thinkers. Ann Cudd contrasted this practice with one involving “fences” in an introduction to analytic feminism.
ANSWER: bridge-building [accept anything describing the building of bridges; prompt on bridging] (Ann Cudd contrasts bridge-building with “fence-building.”)
[10e] Nelson co-edited a 2004 Special Double Issue on Feminism and Science for a philosophy journal named for this early female philosopher and mathematician from Alexandria.
ANSWER: Hypatia of Alexandria
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| Columbia A | Minnesota | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
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