The Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy
7 Feminism in epistemology
Exclusion and objectification
Philosophy leaves everything as it is, or so it has been said. Feminists do not leave everything as it is. We are always interfering, always fighting for something, always wanting things to be otherwise and better - even in philosophy itself. But if philosophy leaves everything as it is, shouldn't feminists leave philosophy as it is? If philosophy leaves everything as it is, then it cannot hurt women, and it cannot help women. To be sure, if philosophy leaves everything as it is, it leaves oppression as it is, but one should no more hope otherwise than one should hope for the stones to cry out for justice. Shouldn't feminists let philosophy be? Well, not everyone agrees with the one who said philosophy leaves everything as it is.
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Bookmark this entryDigital Object Identifier: 10.1017/CCOL0521624517.008
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Langton, Rae. "Feminism in epistemology." The Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy. Eds. Miranda Fricker and Jennifer Hornsby. Cambridge University Press, 2000. Cambridge Collections Online. Cambridge University Press. 09 February 2010 DOI:10.1017/CCOL0521624517.008