Descripción
| Sumario: | Rationality and Feminist Philosophy argues that the Enlightenment conception of rationality that feminists are fond of attacking is no longer a live concept. Deborah K. Heikes shows how contemporary theories of rationality are consonant with many feminist concerns and proposes that feminists need a substantive theory of rationality, which she argues should be a virtue theory of rationality. Within both feminist and non-feminist philosophical circles, our understanding of rationality depends upon the concept's history. Heikes traces the development of theories of rationality from Descartes thro.
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 173 pages) |
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| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-170) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9781441194893
1441194894
9781441161918
1441161910
1282557998
9781282557994
9786612557996
6612557990 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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| Lenguaje: | English. |
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