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Can a claim be situated and still answerable to evidence?

Acknowledging a standpoint can clarify the scope and responsibility of a claim without making it immune to criticism.

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Background and goal

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Annotate a scientific account with its instruments, standpoint, exclusions and testable claims.

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4 steps · 3 hours
  1. 01

    Begin in fifteen minutes

    0.25h · week 1
    Reading notes and task
    First fifteen minutesWrite your initial answer to “Can a claim be situated and still answerable to evidence?” in three sentences. Keep it to compare with your final answer.
    Your outputThree-sentence starting answer
  2. 02

    Read the argument

    1h · week 1
    Feminist Perspectives on Science

    Sharon Crasnow · reference

    Opening overview and the first section that addresses the pathway question. Stop after 30–45 minutes; this is selected reading.

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    Open the reading
    Reading notes and task

    Feminist Perspectives on Science. Context for how can a metaphor influence a scientific question?

    Try thisRead Opening overview and the first section that addresses the pathway question. Stop after 30–45 minutes; this is selected reading.. Mark one claim, its reason and a passage you do not yet understand.
    Your outputAnnotated argument
    Check your understanding

    Answer this question in your own words: Can a claim be situated and still answerable to evidence?

    Hint

    Name the claim, then explain why a reader might accept it.

    Compare with an example answer

    Acknowledging a standpoint can clarify the scope and responsibility of a claim without making it immune to criticism.

    What to look for

    • States a claim that addresses the question
    • Connects the claim to a passage or observation
    • Separates the author’s argument from personal agreement

    Common mistake: Summarising a biography instead of explaining the argument.

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  3. 03

    Try the idea

    1h · week 1
    Reading notes and task
    Try thisAnnotate a scientific account with its instruments, standpoint, exclusions and testable claims.
    Your outputWorked example
    Check your understanding

    What would make your activity a convincing example?

    Hint

    Annotate a scientific account with its instruments, standpoint, exclusions and testable claims.

    Compare with an example answer

    A useful response carries out the task: Annotate a scientific account with its instruments, standpoint, exclusions and testable claims. It records the observation or passage used and explains how it bears on the question.

    What to look for

    • Completes the specific task
    • Shows evidence or reasoning rather than only a conclusion
    • Identifies an alternative explanation or reading

    Common mistake: Presenting an opinion without showing the example it rests on.

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  4. 04

    Explain what changed

    0.75h · week 1
    Reading notes and task
    Try thisRevise your initial answer. Include one passage, one reason and one limit: Situated knowledge does not mean that any assertion is as good as any other.
    Your outputRevised answer with a reading reference
    Check your understanding

    What is one conclusion this reading does not establish?

    Hint

    Test the boundary: Situated knowledge does not mean that any assertion is as good as any other.

    Compare with an example answer

    Situated knowledge does not mean that any assertion is as good as any other.

    What to look for

    • States a specific limit
    • Explains why the reading does not warrant the stronger conclusion
    • Distinguishes a limitation from dismissing the work

    Common mistake: Treating a useful interpretation as an unrestricted fact.

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Background, different viewpoints, and further reading.

  • Feminist Perspectives on Science

    Sharon Crasnowreferencecore

    Context for how can a metaphor influence a scientific question?

    Opening overview and the first section that addresses the pathway question. Stop after 30–45 minutes; this is selected reading.

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  • Study Donna Haraway

    Introduces the question and vocabulary used in the longer selected reading.

    PhilosophySome background