Women, Knowledge, and Reality: Explorations in Feminist Philosophy
- ISBN-10
- 0044452225
- ISBN-13
- 9780044452225
- Series
- Women, Knowledge, and Reality
- Category
- Connaissance, Théorie de la
- Pages
- 354
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin Australia
- Author
- Ann Garry
Description
In recent years feminist philosophers have provided us with an extensive critique of traditional philosophy. In questioning its most fundamental assumptions, they are exposing the inadequacies of theories that ignored gender and the ways in which it shapes experiences and perception. Women, Knowledge and Reality presents the work of twenty-one leading feminist scholars, who explore the breadth and depth of feminist revisions of philosophy. This is the first collection to address the impact of feminist scholarship on methodology, metaphysics, theory of knowledge and their subfields --the philosophies of science, language, mind and religion-- at an introductory level. As an aid to the reader, the editors have organized the chapters by traditional fields of philosophy, and include an introduction to each that contrasts the ideas of feminist thinkers with those of traditional philosophers. Individual authors then propose their own alternatives to androcentric thought.
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