Artificial intelligence and women's knowledge: What can feminist epistemologies tell us?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the branch of computer science which seeks to model intelligent human behavior on a computer. In this paper the way in which symbolic AI is predicated on a traditional rationalist epistemology is described. Traditional criticisms of AI converge on the possibility of c...

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Published inWomen's studies international forum Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 407 - 415
Main Author Adam, Alison
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.07.1995
Pergamon
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Artificial Intelligence
Computer science
Epistemological Doctrines
Epistemology
Feminism
Feminist perspectives
Feminist theory
Rationalism
Sociology of Knowledge
Sociology of science
Women
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ISSN0277-5395
1879-243X
DOI10.1016/0277-5395(95)80032-K

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Summary:Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the branch of computer science which seeks to model intelligent human behavior on a computer. In this paper the way in which symbolic AI is predicated on a traditional rationalist epistemology is described. Traditional criticisms of AI converge on the possibility of creating true artificial intelligence, whereas a feminist argument looks instead to the cultural setting of AI — whose knowledge and what type of knowledge is to be represented. Feminist epistemology can be used to support and to extend these arguments in two main directions, both of which have links to other philosophical or sociological traditions. The first direction focuses on the knowing subject and the second is concerned with the distinction between “knowing that” and “knowing how,” or the prepositional/skills distinction.
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ISSN:0277-5395
1879-243X
DOI:10.1016/0277-5395(95)80032-K