[1][2][3] Solomon graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge University in 1979 with a BA in Natural Sciences.

[1][2] She has written on a wide variety of other issues, including feminist radical empiricism, the intersection of feminism and Orthodox Judaism, and the work of Willard Quine and Laurence BonJour.

[5][6] Solomon takes the findings of sociologists, anthropologists and feminist critics of science seriously, and thinks that they undercut traditional philosophical models of rationality, but that they do not eliminate the need for some normative judgements.

As long as all theories being pursued yield some unique empirical successes, Solomon argues that their pursuit is worthwhile and even consistent with the common view that science aims at truth.

"[7][8] In Solomon's view, even if scientists or scientific communities use poor reasoning and flawed practices in arriving at their conclusions, the only matter of import is whether or not they achieve new empirical successes.

The book argues that the familiar dichotomy between the art and the science of medicine is not adequate for understanding this plurality of methods.