Are there distinctively feminist ways of thinking and theorizing? What does feminist theory contribute to our understanding of life's deepest questions concerning personal identity, human action, objective knowledge, and ethical reasoning? In this course, we cover some of analytic feminist philosophy's most transformative contributions to each of the major philosophical subdisciplines, from metaphysics and epistemology to political philosophy and aesthetics. Because feminist theorists often position themselves as reacting to oversights and missteps in mainstream, male-dominated analytic philosophy, students will cultivate a productive and charitable yet critical perspective on many traditional philosophical debates. And they will develop their own understanding of what it means to think like a feminist, historically and today.
4 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit
Are there distinctively feminist ways of thinking and theorizing? What does feminist theory contribute to our understanding of life's deepest questions concerning personal identity, human action, objective knowledge, and ethical reasoning? In this course, we cover some of analytic feminist philosophy's most transformative contributions to each of the major philosophical subdisciplines, from metaphysics and epistemology to political philosophy and aesthetics. Because feminist theorists often position themselves as reacting to oversights and missteps in mainstream, male-dominated analytic philosophy, students will cultivate a productive and charitable yet critical perspective on many traditional philosophical debates. And they will develop their own understanding of what it means to think like a feminist, historically and today.