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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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2008-09-01
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| description | 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 innovation in social change, and the feminist critique of Rorty's use of the "prophetic voice" in his discussion of feminist politics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b291365401f143a8b1fa38afdd2ce3ed2025-08-20T03:03:37ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaIdeas y Valores0120-00622011-36682008-09-0157138To Philosophize or not to Philosophize? Rorty's Challenge to FeministsMarianne Janack0Hamilton CollegeThis 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 innovation in social change, and the feminist critique of Rorty's use of the "prophetic voice" in his discussion of feminist politics.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/9104Rortyfeminismrhetoricrealismprophecy |
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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 |
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| 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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