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Feminist Metaphysics

Explorations in the Ontology of Sex, Gender and the Self

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Editors:
  1. Charlotte Witt

    1. Portland, USA

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  • Is the first collection of essays on the topic of feminist metaphysics Contributions are original and important
  • Papers make connections between feminist theory and traditional metaphysical topics Individual papers can be used in metaphysics courses

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Charlotte Witt
    Pages 1-7

  3. The Ontology of Sex and Gender

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. What Is Gender Essentialism?

      • Charlotte Witt
      Pages 11-25

    3. Different Women. Gender and the Realism-Nominalism Debate

      • Natalie Stoljar
      Pages 27-46

    4. The Metaphysics of Sex and Gender

      • Ásta Kristjana Sveinsdóttir
      Pages 47-65

    5. Ontological Commitments, Sex and Gender

      • Mari Mikkola
      Pages 67-83

    6. Metaphors of Being a Φ

      • Marilyn Frye
      Pages 85-95

  4. Persons and Subjectivity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. The Metaphysics of Relational Autonomy

      • Jules Holroyd
      Pages 99-115

    3. Beauvoir on the Allure of Self-Objectification

      • Nancy Bauer
      Pages 117-129

    4. A Phenomenology of Sexual Difference: Types, Styles and Persons

      • Sara Heinämaa
      Pages 131-155

  5. Power, Ideology and Reality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. The Politics and the Metaphysics of Experience

      • Marianne Janack
      Pages 159-178

    3. Ideology, Generics, and Common Ground

      • Sally Haslanger
      Pages 179-207

    4. Experience and Knowledge: The Case of Sexual Abuse Memories

      • Linda Martín Alcoff
      Pages 209-223

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 225-232
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About this book

The present volume is an exciting new collection of original essays by outstanding feminist theorists including Sally Haslanger, Marilyn Frye and Linda Alcoff. Feminist Metaphysics is the first collection of articles addressing metaphysical issues from a feminist perspective. The essays cover central feminist topics including: the ontology of sex and gender, persons, identity and subjectivity, and the relations among experience, ideology and reality. Many of the papers combine cutting-edge feminist theory with contemporary metaphysics and the philosophy of language. The volume is also distinctive in including articles representing both analytic and continental perspectives on metaphysics. The essays are philosophically sophisticated and are primarily intended for a professional audience of philosophers and feminist theorists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Portland, USA

    Charlotte Witt

About the editor

Charlotte Witt is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at the University of New Hampshire. Her research interests include ancient philosophy and feminist theory. Witt is author of "Aristotle on Substance and Essence" (Cornell University Press) and "Ways of Being in Aristotle" (Cornell University Press) and co-editor of five collected volumes including "A Mind of One's Own: Feminist Essays on Reason and Objectivity." She is a recipient of grants and fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Feminist Metaphysics

  • Book Subtitle: Explorations in the Ontology of Sex, Gender and the Self

  • Editors: Charlotte Witt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3783-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3782-4Published: 03 December 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9016-2Published: 14 November 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3783-1Published: 25 November 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 232

  • Topics: Philosophy, general, Metaphysics, Gender Studies

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