Climate Change Through the Lens of Feminist Philosophy

Nancy Tuana

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-26348-9_3

Climate Change Through the Lens of Feminist Philosophy

Nancy Tuana

Philosophy

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This essay offers an overview of feminist philosophical reflections on climate change. Feminist philosophical work in the fields of epistemology, philosophy of science, and environmental studies, as well as feminist ethical and social/political perspectives have the potential to make essential contributions to discourses on climate change. In particular, a feminist philosophical lens is particularly salient in identifying gendered conceptualizations in climate change knowledge (sciences, including the social sciences) and practices (policy and activist responses). These gendered constructions are often less visible than the differential impacts of climate change on the lives of women and men, but as they permeate what we know and do not know, what we value and value less, as well as how we do and do not act, they are essential to gender justice in the context of climate change.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	35-53
Number of pages	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26348-9_3
State	Published - 2016

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Name	Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Volume	317
ISSN (Print)	0068-0346
ISSN (Electronic)	2214-7942

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Literature and Literary Theory
History and Philosophy of Science

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