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allocentric perception, dynamic objectivity, dynamic autonomy, mold aggregation, masculine birth, traditional psychoanalytic theory, scientific impulse, lawful marriage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Neurotic Styles (The Austen Riggs Center Monograph Series, No. 5) by David Shapiro on page 121, and Back Matter
- Autonomy and Rigid Character by David Shapiro on page 121, and Back Matter
- The Dynamics of Creation by Anthony Storr on page 123, and Back Matter
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- Feminist Reflections on the History of Philosophy (The New Synthese Historical Library) by Lilli Alanen on 6 pages
- Feminist Epistemologies (Thinking Gender) by Linda Alcoff on 6 pages
- Reinventing the Sexes: The Biomedical Construction of Femininity and Masculinity (Race, Gender, & Science) by Marianne Van Den Wijngaard on 5 pages
- Science and Social Inequality: Feminist and Postcolonial Issues (Race and Gender in Science) by Sandra Harding on 4 pages
- Feminist Philosophy (Feminist Theory and Politics) by Herta Nagl-Docekal in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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