Virtue of feminist rationality:
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Main Author: Heikes, Deborah K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Continuum International Publishing 2012
Series:Continuum studies in philosophy
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Feminist philosophers have been some of the most vocal critics of reason and rationality. While most feminists realize that rationality is a concept that cannot be entirely abandoned, few have considered how to construct a positive account of rationality. This book represents a sustained argument for a feminist theory of rationality. It opens by asking the question: is reason inherently masculine? Deborah K. Heikes goes on to answer this question negatively and to examine what feminists actually want from a theory of rationality, specifying what a virtue theory of rationality is and how it wor
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (225 pages)
ISBN:9781441188809
1441188800
1280579536
9781280579530

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