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2008-09-01

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

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Rorty, feminism, rhetoric, realism, prophecy (es)

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  • Marianne Janack Hamilton College
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 innovation in social change, and the feminist critique of Rorty's use of the "prophetic voice" in his discussion of feminist politics.

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Lloyd, G. The Man of Reason: “Male” and “Female” in Western Philosophy. 2nd edition. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993.

Mary Varney Rorty. E-mail to Marianne Janack. 1 May 2008.

Nelson, L. H. Who Knows. From Quine to a Feminist Empiricism. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990.

Rorty, M.V. E-mail to Marianne Janack. 1 May 2008.