A Feminist Defense of the Critical-Logical Model

Authors

  • Kathleen Miller

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22329/il.v17i3.2422

Keywords:

argument, communication, critical-logical, feminist. world-view

Abstract

In his (1994) "Feminism, Argumentation, and Coalescence", Michael Gilbert argues that the "Critical Thinking Industry" is antagonistic to women. Because the critical-logical skills in which the industry deals tend to be gender-specific. its adoption as the dominant mode of discourse disenfranchises women, making its overhaul a moral imperative. Following a variety offeminist epistemologists. this conclusion is reached by confiating "critical reasoning" with "communicating about ideas," as though the two were inseparable. In this paper it is argued that the inclusion of feminist modes of communication and evaluating ideas are not at odds with the Critical-Logical model of reasoning. Rather, the very critical features embedded in the feminist approach would seem to represent the best means of arriving at the truth.

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Published

1995-01-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 3 (1995)

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