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In this Chapter, the feminist virtue of ontological heterogeneity is addressed as it relates to SO2 climate engineering. In particular, the scientific practices that underlie sulfate geoengineering studies with respect to whether it fulfills the principles of feminist epistemology laid out by Helen Longino and FCE is examined. Overall, it is argued that this approach to climate change mitigation does not.
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Sikka, T. (2019). Ontological Heterogeneity. In: Climate Technology, Gender, and Justice. SpringerBriefs in Sociology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01147-5_4
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