Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-374) and index
The problem of manifest necessity -- The dualism of nature and normativity -- Quinean indeterminacy and its implications for naturalism -- Feminist challenges to the reification of knowledge -- Two concepts of scientific practices -- Perception, action, and discursive practices -- Desires, bodies, and normative force -- Experimentation, theory, and the normativity of natural phenomena -- Natural necessity and the normativity of scientific practices