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Logic : A feminist approach
Russell, Gillian
Russell, Gillian
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Abstract
This chapter asks whether there is any such thing as feminist logic. It defines feminism and logic, and then goes on to present and evaluate four possible views, introducing and critiquing the work of Andrea Nye, Val Plumwood, and Susan Stebbing. It argues that Stebbing’s approach—on which feminism is one among many political applications of logic—is correct, but that feminist logic could do more, by providing a formal framework for the study of social hierarchies, much as it presently provides a formal framework for the study of numbers and similarity rankings among possible worlds.
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feminist logic, relevant logic, classical negation, Susan Stebbing, Andrea Nye, Val Plumwood, social hierarchy, philosophy of logic, nonclassical logic, nonclassical logic
Date
2020
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Book chapter
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Philosophy for girls : An invitation to a life of thought
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79-98
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Dianoia Institute of Philosophy
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
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