Feminism Without Metaphysics or a Deflationary Account of Gender.
I argue for a deflationary answer to the question, "What is it to be a woman?" Prior attempts by feminist theorists to provide a metaphysical account of what all and only women have in common have all failed for the same reason: there is nothing women have in common beyond being women. Although the...
| Publicado en: | Erkenntnis Vol. 85; no. 3; pp. 529 - 550 |
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