Underdetermination, holism, and feminist philosophy of science

Abstract Appeals to some thesis of underdetermination, the idea that scientific theories and hypotheses are not entailed by evidence supports them, common in feminist philosophy science. These appeals seek understand explain how androcentrism other problematic approaches gender have found their way into good science, as well reverse – science also value-laden, can contribute Focusing on W.V. Quine’s positions holism I argue although general does entail his global account arguments for moderate a localized generalizable which call underdetermination. This underdetermination is transient or true only hypotheses. Rather, it permanent state affairs characterizes all reasonably inclusive hypotheses, however much them accumulates. contend entails most robust defensible argument feminists would do appeal arguing values inform