Representing Reason Feminist Theory and

Philosophy's traditional man of reason--independent, neutral, unemotional--is an illusion. That's because the man of reason ignores one very important thing--the woman. Representing Reason: Feminist Theory and Formal Logic collects new and old essays that shed light on the underexplored intersection of logic and feminism. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Acknowledgments

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Introduction Representing Reason: Feminist Theory and Formal Logic

1

(10)

Marjorie Hass

Rachel Joffe Falmagne

Part 1 Logic and The Structure of Thought

The Politics of Reason: Toward a Feminist Logic

11

(34)

Val Plumwood

Feminism and the Logic of Alterity

45

(26)

Val Plumwood

Fluid Thinking: Irigaray's Critique of Formal Logic

71

(18)

Marjorie Hass

``Power in the Service of Love'': John Dewey's Logic and the Dream of a Common Language

89

(28)

Carroll Guen Hart

Words of Power and the Logic of Sense

117

(16)

Dorothea E. Olkowski

Part 2 Logic and Empirical Knowledge

On Mapping a Transdisciplinary Approach to Reasoning

133

(36)

Rachel Joffe Falmagne

Marie-Genevieve Iselin

Logic from a Quinean Perspective: An Empirical Enterprise

169

(22)

Lynn Hankinson Nelson

Jack Nelson

Saying What It Is: Predicate Logic and Natural Kinds

191

(18)

Andrea Nye

``What Do Girls Know Anyway?'': Rationality, Gender, and Social Control

209

(24)

Pam Oliver

Index

233

(8)

About the Contributors

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Representing Reason Feminist Theory and Formal Logic

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