Rationality and Feminist Philosophy (Continuum Studies in Philosophy)

by Deborah K . Heikes (Author)

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  2010

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  Argues that the Enlightenment conception of rationality that feminists are fond of attacking is no longer a live concept. The author shows how contemporary theories of rationality are consonant with feminist concerns and proposes that feminists need a substantive theory of rationality, which she argues should be a virtue theory of rationality.