Rationality and Feminist Philosophy (Continuum Studies in Philosophy)

Table of Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Part One: Feminist Approaches to Rationality......Page 13
1 Introduction: With Good Reason......Page 15
2 Musings on the Landscape: Feminism and Rationality......Page 26
Part Two: Enlightenment Approaches to Rationality......Page 37
3 The Good, the Bad, and the Dichotomous: Cartesian Rationality......Page 39
4 Instrumentalism on Steroids: Humean Rationality......Page 52
5 Reason Only a Father Could Love?: Kantian Rationality......Page 65
Part Three: Contemporary Approaches to Rationality......Page 79
6 Let the Games Begin: Wittgensteinian Rationality......Page 81
7 The Unbearable Emptiness of Pure Reason: Evolutionary Rationality......Page 96
8 We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Rules: Virtue Rationality......Page 113
Part Four: Feminist Approaches to Rationality, Revisited......Page 133
9 Baby Come Back: Feminists Need Rationality......Page 135
10 Virtue is Its Own Reward: Toward a Feminist Theory of Rationality......Page 147
Notes......Page 170
References......Page 178
F......Page 183
P......Page 184
W......Page 185