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Philosophy and Feminism: The Case of Susan Bordo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Susan E. Bernick
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Abstract

In this paper I lay out what 1 take to be the crucial insights in Susan Bordo's “Feminist Skepticism and the ‘Maleness’ of Philosophy” and point out some additional difficulties with the skeptical position. I call attention to an ambiguity in the nature or content of the “maleness” of philosophy that Bordo identifies. Finally, I point out that, unlike some feminist skeptics, Bordo never loses sight in her work of women's lived experiences.

Type
Symposium on Susan Bordo's “Feminist Skepticism and the ‘Maleness’ of Philosophy”
Information
Hypatia , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , Summer 1992 , pp. 188 - 196
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 by Hypatia, Inc.

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