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  • A Conversation with Professor Marcy Lascano

A Conversation with Professor Marcy Lascano

    College of Liberal Arts

     

    Please join us for a talk led Professor Marcy Lascano from University of Kansas,  (Distinguished Visit) titled  "Boys that play with watery bubbles or fling dust into each other’s eyes, or make a hobbyhorse of snow': Margaret Cavendish’s Critique of Early Modern Scientific Experimentalism” .

     

    Margaret Cavendish seems to have been on the wrong side of history in her opposition to microscopes and telescopes. However, I will argue that Cavendish’s criticisms are principled, and that although she was skeptical of some experimental views, she was not opposed to all scientific endeavors. I will provide Cavendish’s criteria for good science. Finally, I will argue that Cavendish’s criticisms can be seen as feminist in nature. 

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    Created By: College of Liberal Arts, Philosophy
    Sponsors: Philosophy Department
    Open To: Public
    Type: Lecture
    Tags: Philosophy // College of Liberal Arts // Liberal Arts Grad // Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies Program

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