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

Ideas Y Valores 57 (138):29-39 (2008)
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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 innovatio..

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Marianne Janack
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