The Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy

by Edited by Miranda Fricker , Jennifer Hornsby

• ISBN13: 9780521624695
• ISBN10: 052162469X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The thirteen specially-commissioned essays in this volume are written by philosophers at the forefront of feminist scholarship, and are designed to provide an accessible and stimulating guide to a philosophical literature that has seen massive expansion in recent years. Ranging from history of philosophy through metaphysics to philosophy of science, they encompass all the core subject areas commonly taught in anglophone undergraduate and graduate philosophy courses, offering both an overview of and a contribution to the relevant debates. Together they testify to the intellectual value of feminism as a radicalizing energy internal to philosophical inquiry. This volume will be essential reading for any student or teacher of philosophy who is curious about the place of feminism in their subject.

Author Biography

Diemut Bubeck is Lecturer in Political Theory at the London School of Economics Miranda Fricker is Lecturer in Philosophy and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London Marilyn Friedman teaches philosophy at Washington University in St Louis Sally Haslanger is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jennifer Hornsby is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London Alison Jaggar is Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder Susan James is Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London Rae Langton is Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh Genevieve Lloyd is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities Sabina Lovibond is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Worcester College, Oxford Sarah Richmond is Lecturer in Philosophy at University College London Naomi Scheman is Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the University of Minnesota Alison Wylie is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St Louis

Table of Contents

List of contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
Introduction	1	(9)
Miranda Fricker
Jennifer Hornsby
Feminism in ancient philosophy: The feminist stake in Greek rationalism	10	(19)
Sabina Lovibond
Feminism in philosophy of mind: The question of personal identity	29	(20)
Susan James
Feminims in philosophy of mind: Against physicalism	49	(19)
Naomi Scheman
Feminism and psychoanalysis: Using Melanie Klein	68	(19)
Sarah Richmond
Feminism in philosophy of language: Communicative speech acts	87	(20)
Jennifer Hornsby
Feminism in metaphysics: Negotiating the natural	107	(20)
Sally Haslanger
Feminism in epistemology: Exclusion and objectification	127	(19)
Rae Langton
Feminism in epistemology: Pluralism without postmodernism	146	(20)
Miranda Fricker
Feminism in philosophy of science: Making sense of contingency and constraint	166	(19)
Alison Wylie
Feminism in political philosophy: Women's difference	185	(20)
Diemut Bubeck
Feminism in ethics: Conceptions of autonomy	205	(20)
Marilyn Friedman
Feminism in ethics: Moral justification	225	(20)
Alison Jaggar
Feminism in history of philosophy: Appropriating the past	245	(19)
Genevieve Lloyd
Further reading	264	(12)
Index	276