Margareta Hallberg
Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, The University of Gothenburg, S-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Stud Hist Philos Sci. 2012 Jun;43(2):333-40. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2011.12.028.
This article is composed of two intertwining narratives. The first is a discussion of the concept of gender in relation to philosopher of science Mary Hesse's theoretical contributions and academic experiences. The second narrative takes issue with the gender concept at a more general level and particularly to discuss its strengths and limits. The article alternates between a discussion of different claims from gender theorists and a presentation of Mary Hesse's academic experiences. I conclude that although the gender concept has, until now, only been used in an asymmetrical sense, i.e., negatively linked to women's careers and positively to men's, it will not necessarily be identically used in the future. Both empirical findings and conceptual changes may make room for a more differentiated understanding of gender.
本文由两个相互交织的叙述组成。第一个是关于性别概念与科学哲学家玛丽·赫西的理论贡献和学术经历的讨论。第二个叙述在更一般的层面上对性别概念提出质疑，特别是讨论其优点和局限性。文章在讨论性别理论家的不同观点和介绍玛丽·赫西的学术经历之间交替进行。我得出的结论是，尽管到目前为止，性别概念仅以不对称的方式被使用，即与女性职业呈负相关，与男性职业呈正相关，但未来不一定会以同样的方式使用。实证研究结果和概念变化都可能为更具差异化的性别理解留出空间。
