Title: Attacks Straw Men
Product review: "The reader's embarrassment grows, with each amazing example" of error, says contributor Gonzalo Munévar of Sandra Harding's work in feminist epistemology. This accurately captures my own reaction to this book, which is packed with flat misreadings of feminist epistemologists that cannot withstand the simplest tests of consistency with what they say, or that beat dead horses killed long ago by feminist epistemologists themselves. No wonder some of the contributors go on for pages talking about what feminist epistemologists claim, without actually citing any of them, or with only the slightest documentation, sometimes even to the point of misquotation. Amazon.com forbids URL's in reader reviews. But you can find my full critique of this book on my website (accessible through the University of Michigan, Department of Philosophy).
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