To Philosophize or not to Philosophize? Rorty's Challenge to Feminists

This article takes up Rorty's advice to feminists to abandon philosophizing (and appeals to truth and reality) in favor of using language to create a new logical space for feminist politics. The argument focuses on the rhetorical role of appeals to truth and reality, the role of linguistic inno...

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Main Author: Marianne Janack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2008-09-01
Series:Ideas y Valores
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/9104
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title To Philosophize or not to Philosophize? Rorty's Challenge to Feminists
title_full To Philosophize or not to Philosophize? Rorty's Challenge to Feminists
title_fullStr To Philosophize or not to Philosophize? Rorty's Challenge to Feminists
title_full_unstemmed To Philosophize or not to Philosophize? Rorty's Challenge to Feminists
title_short To Philosophize or not to Philosophize? Rorty's Challenge to Feminists
title_sort to philosophize or not to philosophize rorty s challenge to feminists
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feminism
rhetoric
realism
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