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We do not need a disability based critique of IQ tests. They are clearly based on middle class, white, Western, male values. There is sufficient literature for us not to bother to do it, but it would make a great dissertation.....David +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ David Pfeiffer, Ph.D. Resident Scholar Center on Disability Studies University of Hawai`i at Manoa [log in to unmask] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Center on Disability Studies....maximizing individual potential by encouraging independence, self-determination, and full participation in the community. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, M.G.Peckitt wrote: > Excuse the slightly philosophical nature of this inquiry, but as I > was browsing through the philosophy of knowledge and Feminist views > on Science sections in my local bookstore it crossed my mind. Does > disability theory have a Epistemological standpoint(s)towards science > and scientific methods? I mean not just towards methods of > reseaching disablility but a disability critique towards science in > general, for instance a disability based critique of I.Q tests. > > Michael > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%