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Women of Color and Philosophy
A Critical Reader
Naomi Zack (Edited by), Zack (Author)
9780631218661, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 3 April 2000
338 pages
23 x 15.4 x 2.5 cm, 0.49 kg
"In this unique collection, Naomi Zack invites the twelve members of this select group of women of color to reflect on what they and their colleagues do, as philosophers. Their original and sometimes ground-breaking contributions critique traditional academic philosophy, apply traditional philosophical methods to topics of social relevance hitherto ignored by philosophers, and interpret traditional philosophy in ways that suggest new areas of study." Alison M. Jaggar, University of Colorado at Boulder "This is a splendid book. It will be important to research and teaching in feminist philosophy, philosophy of race, and other women's studies and race courses." Sandra Harding, University of California, Los Angeles "The growing recognition of the important contributions of women philosophers of color, past and present, is a sign that there may still be hope for philosophers to transcend some of their prejudices. Blackwell has offered the profession a chance by publishing this pioneering volume that I am sure will stimulate research on the work of women philosophers included and those who I am sure will appear in subsequent volumes influenced by this important work. It will be a valuable addition to any library and certainly class discussions of contemporary engagements with ideas." Lewis R. Gordon, Brown University and the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica
Philosophy is in its fourth millennium but this collection is the first of its kind. Twelve contemporary women of color who are American academic philosophers consider the methods and subjects of the discipline from perspectives partly informed by their experiences as African American, Asian American, Latina, Mixed Race and Native American.
The Contributors vii Acknowledgements xiii Introduction 1 Part 1 Critique 23 1 “Discredited Knowledge” in the Nonfiction of Toni Morrison 25 2 Cultural Alterity: Cross-cultural Communications and Feminist Theory in North-South Contexts 44 3 Exploring the Sources of western Thought 69 4 General Introduction to the Project: The Enterprise of Socratic Metaethics 91 Part 2 Activism and Application 133 5 Interview with Angela Y. Davis 135 6 That Alchemical Bering Strait Theory! Or Introducing America’s Indigenous Sovereign Nations Worldviews to Informal Logic Courses 152 7 The Libertarian Role Model and the Burden of Uplifting the Race 168 8 Interracial Marriage: Folk Ethics in Contemporary Philosophy 182 Part 3 New Directions 207 9 Asian Women: Invisibility, Locations, and Claims to Philosophy 209 10 On Judging Epistemic Credibility: Is Social Identity Relevant? 235 11 Cognitive Science and the Quest for a Theory of Properties 263 12 Descartes’ Realist Awake-Asleep Distinction and Naturalism 280 Select Bibliography 303 Index 311
Joy James
Ofelia Schutte
V. F. Cordova
Adrian M. S. Piper
George Yancy
Anne Schulherr Waters
Barbara Hall
Anita L. Allen
Yoko Arisaka
Linda Martin Alcoff
Dasiea Cavers-Huff
Naomi Zack
Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
