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Experimental Philosophy and the Absence of Women July 2, 2008

Filed under: women in philosophy — Jender @ 2:52 pm

There’s a post over at Experimental Philosophy contemplating the dearth of women in the field, and wondering how to do better. If you have any thoughts on the topic, please go join in.

 

7 Responses to “Experimental Philosophy and the Absence of Women”

  1. jj Says: July 2, 2008 at 3:11 pm

    Excellent idea, Jender!

  2. Kate Norlock Says: July 2, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    I must say, I was underwhelmed with the “advent” of x-phi, since it has always seemed to me that feminist philosophy was doing this for decades before it became a ‘thing.’ The value of intuition, practical wisdom, nonspecialist and multiple meanings, practice informing theory? This is old news to feminists, isn’t it?

  3. profbigk Says: July 2, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    Actually, scratch my last comment, since visiting the experimentalphilosophy blog clarifies why I consistently misunderstand what x-philers take themselves to be doing. And yet I wonder if the misunderstanding is, itself, instructive. Best to move these musings to that blog, so I’m off!

  4. jj Says: July 2, 2008 at 3:59 pm

    KN: There’s going to be a session on neurofeminism at the Christmas APA - it will be a session of the society for analytic feminist philosophy. I think that some of the speakers will address the very considerable overlap between recent cognitive neuroscience’s conclusions and views feminists have argued for over the decades.

  5. Anonymous Says: July 2, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    Women are just more sensible than to engage in X-Phi. Let’s concentrate on getting women represented in good areas of philosophy!

  6. Jender Says: July 2, 2008 at 6:51 pm

    Let’s not insult whole fields of philosophy, OK?

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