This collection represents a daring look ahead to a time when the affinity between social justice and analytic philosophy is assumed and used as a point of departure for innovative work. The collection begins with an historical essay detailing the relationship between the philosophy and socialism of Reichenbach and Neurath, two of the main members of the Vienna Circle from which much of analytic philosophy takes its cue.  Essays by feminist philosophers of science, such as Lynn Hankinson Nelson, Hugh Lacey and other progressive writers, are paired with the essays in the analytic tradition that gave them inspiration, including selections from Quine, Davidson, Hempel, Sellars, and Popper.

"This important anthology challenges the reader to see how feminist and other progressive philosophy has been shaped by classics in analytic philosophy. It suggests, further, that analytic philosophy can learn from explicitly progressive approaches to epistemology and philosophy of science.  A common concern with justice and equality motivates both traditions.  It is refreshing and enlightening to read a book that emphasizes similarity rather than difference."

Siblings Under the Skin has also been reviewed in Philosophy of Science, April 2004, by Kristina Rolin.

Siblings is part of the series Critical Studies in the Humanities, edited by Victor Taylor.