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Feminist engagement with epistemology -- Epistemology in feminist science studies : causes for concern -- Feminist epistemology and evolutionary theory -- Keller's epistemological reflections on gender and science -- From objectivism to relativism in feminist science studies -- A pragmatist, Davidsonian perspective -- Feminist science studies from a pragmatist perspective -- A pragmatist case study : back to the theory of evolution

While feminist epistemologists have made important contributions to the deconstruction of the traditional representationalist model, some elements of the Cartesian legacy remain. For example, relativism continues to play a role in the underdetermination thesis used by Longino and Keller. Both argue that because scientific theories are underdetermined by evidence, theory choice must be relative to interpretive frameworks. Utilizing Davidson's philosophy of language, I offer a nonrepresentationalist alternative to suggest how relativism can be more fully avoided.