Sandra Harding’s "Strong Objectivity"Theory

Feminism as a kind of social thought and social movements has caused widespread concern in the world, Examination and Consideration of traditional science is a relatively late feminist theme.Discussion Sandra Harding postcolonial feminist stance of objectivity, is a historical and multicultural epistemology new context. The main aspects:to achieve traditional epistemology conversion,"new objectivity" argument "local knowledge" of modern science is built on the background of European culture, the establishment of objectivity "strong program" to achieve "strong objectivity."This paper attempts to eliminate existing studies prone to misunderstanding by detailed analysis of the test the Sandra Harding’s "strong objectivity" theory, specify its epistemological thinking of the existing contradictions and disputes, and to participate in scientific criticism discussions. This article is divided into a total of three sections. First section first the theoretical background of the Harding Epistemology, Feminist Standpoint epistemology source position and the two main ideas to be discussed, to a more detailed presentation and grooming; Section II the center section of this article, faithful to the original text, the system carefully Harding’s "strong objectivity" ideological analysis, study and interpretation of the critical value of the principle of neutrality in the old objectivity "weak objectivity""strong objectivity" to conduct a thorough analysis, and proposed a new cognitive subject. The purpose of a thorough analysis of the theory of "strong objectivity" eliminate some unnecessary misunderstanding and to restore its original appearance. Through the first two sections of the exposition, we have epistemological thought Harding had a deep understanding of the system, followed by the third quarter I think its epistemological thinking and evaluation, described from the contribution and problems, and finally Harding’s "strong objectivity" theoretical questions put forward their own views.