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Using the recent literature in which feminist theorists develop an emerging feminist epistemology, a series of seven themes are explored that provide a new understanding of the world & a new definition of understanding, itself. (1) Dynamic objectivity, in which subjective experience is used toward developing a more effective objectivity, replaces the futile quest for "pure" objectivity. (2) A new materialism posits personal experience as the basis of all knowledge. (3) Science is seen in its historical context. (4) The reflexive nature of feminist inquiry is implied by its commitment to uncover theoretical background beliefs. (5) The human sciences replace physics as the paradigmatic model for all science. (6) Nature is treated as dynamic & complex, rather than as an object of manipulation & control. (7) A feminist successor science produces widely accessible knowledge that is intended to be emancipatory. A. Waters