If you’d like to know more about the author of the essay at Philosop-her, “Philosophy from the Position of Service,” then check out the interview she gave to Heidi R. Lewis for The Feminist Wire.
From Philosop-her:
The folks who knew me best were simply confused by my choice to pursue a career in philosophy. After all, I’d never once mentioned philosophy.
The questions, as you can imagine, were relentless. They all clustered around one particular question, “Why philosophy?”
Check out her answer there. Then check out the interview at the Wire:
Publishing, “How is this Paper Philosophy?” even without its current reception, was watershed for me. The essential message of that paper is that anyone who thinks that questioning the justification for a given philosophical project is a legitimate question without clarifying one’s own conception of philosophy and philosophical engagement is acting like an asshole.
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