Amazônia (Jul 2024)

Scientists in Brazilian chemistry: a look from the epistemology of Paul Feyerabend

  • Ana Luíza do Prado Lima,
  • Camilla Moreira de Castilho,
  • Victor Ricardo Felix Ferreira,
  • Márlon Herbert Flora Barbosa Soares,
  • Nyuara Araújo da Silva Mesquita

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18542/amazrecm.v20i44.16139
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 44
pp. 139 – 154

Abstract

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This article proposes a discussion based on the historic exclusion of women in the scientific field. The statements are based off Paul Feyerabend's critique of scientific methodology and epistemology, especially in pluralistic philosophy. The analysis showed that the process of excluding women in science, privileged the knowledge produced by men. This non-neutral process, was at a detriment to women and invisibilized their scientific findings.

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