Lorraine Code (born October 19, 1937) is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at

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, Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Her principal area of research is

feminist epistemology Feminist epistemology is an examination of epistemology (the study of knowledge) from a feminist standpoint. Overview Feminist epistemology emphasizes how important ethical and political values are in shaping epistemic practices, and interpret ...

and the politics of knowledge.

Career

She earned her

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(BA) at Queen's University and her PhD at the

University of Guelph , mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities" , established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922) , type = Public university , chancellor ...

in 1978. After finishing her BA at Queen's in the 1950s, Code travelled to Germany on an exchange fellowship. She then spent the following years teaching in the United Kingdom before returning to Canada for graduate school. In 1987, Code was appointed a Canada Research Fellow at

, and was later promoted to the title of Professor in the Department of Philosophy. In 2006, she published "''Ecological Thinking: The Politics of Epistemic Location.''"

Awards and honours

In 1997, Code was awarded the Walter Gordon Fellowship for her research in feminist theory and was named a Distinguished Research Professor. Three years later, Code was awarded a Killam Research Fellowship, named after Dorothy J. Killam, which allowed her to conduct full-time research. In 2005, Code was elected a

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for her work in epistemology. She was also given an honorary doctorate from University of Guelph. In 2009, she was awarded the Distinguished Woman Philosopher of the Year from the American Society for Women in Philosophy. In 2013, Code was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. In 2016, Code was awarded the Ursula Franklin Award in Gender Studies by the Royal Society of Canada. The following year, York University recognized her as a research leader in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.

Publications

The following is a list of publications: *''Encyclopedia of feminist theories.'' Routledge, 2006. *''Ecological Thinking: The Politics of Epistemic Location''. Oxford University Press, 2006. *''Feminist interpretations of Hans-Georg Gadamer'' Pennsylvania University Press, 2003. *''Rhetorical Spaces: Essays on (Gendered) Locations''. Routledge, 1995. *''What Can She Know? Feminist Theory and the Construction of Knowledge''. Cornell University Press, 1991. * ''Epistemic Responsibility.'' Brown University Press, 1987.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Code, Lorraine 1937 births Living people Canadian academics of women's studies Canadian philosophers Canadian humanists Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Canadian women philosophers Epistemologists Feminist philosophers Academic staff of York University University of Guelph alumni Queen's University at Kingston alumni