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- 1Feminist Philosophy was inspired by a ___?Political Movement
- 2What is Feminism's beginning point?"Human subjects are socially concrete and diverse beings"
- 3What is the Reflexive Character of Philosophy?Its concern with "ourselves and our place in the world".
- 4____ explores the issue of communicative speech acts. Claiming that they are an appropriate object of study.Hornsby
- 5What can help explore fundamental feminist issues in philosophy of language?An analysis of communicative speech acts.
- 6Things a speaker does in speaking, Such as informing, ordering, warning, undertaking, etc.Illocutionary acts
- 7What are three basic concepts people do with words?1. Locutionary acts (speaking)
2. Illocutionary acts (that which is done in speaking)
3. Perlocutionary acts (that which is done by speaking) - 8Locutionary Actshaving to do with the notions of "sense and reference"
- 9Perlocutionary Acts. example: amusing, persuading.those which bring about certain effects by speaking.
- 10What does Hornsby think about linguistic meaning?An analysis of saying something to someone constitutes an important part of an account of linguistic meaning.
- 11"Speech which is addressed to individuals whom it is intended to insult-- on the basis of their sex, race, handicap, etc."Hate Speech
- 12Investing a hate word with a new, non-insulting meaning.Resignification
- 13What is the feminist claim on Personal Identity? (philosophy of mind)"The key oppositions between body and mind, and between emotion and reason, are gendered"
- 14Why do women tend to be associated with the body instead of with the mind?Because of their role in reproduction and domestic responsibilities.
- 15What is this view known as? "Women are, by nature, less capable reasoners than men"Sexist View
- 16Feminists try to demonstrate _____?"How the body is marginalized in philosophy and to find ways to reinstate it".
- 17Feminists Question ______."the distinction between the mental and physical by showing how mind and body interrelate, and how the body contributes to and is implicated in, thought"
- 18The aim of feminists is to ____."Explore the ways in which selves are embodied, discontinuous, malleable and socially constructed"
- 19What is the Anglophone tradition?"A conception of the self which revolves around a distinction between the psychological and the bodily, and a related notion of psychological continuity."
- 20What are feminists concerned with?the notion of embodiment, as well as discontinuity and social construction. They refrain from endorsing hierarchal oppositions.
- 21list the two criterias that are central to the debate over personal identity.- Bodily Continuity
- Psychological Continuity - 22What are the central issues concerning Identity?1. Delineation of Character (body-swapping)
2. Memory
3. Social Circumstance
4. Male Sexual Power - 23True or False? Body swapping affects someone's identity.False. Body swapping does not seriously affect personal identity.
- 24According to Feminists, what should we be aware of when it comes to our identities?We should be aware of how much other people (socialization) shapes our personal identity.
- 25The view that reality contains both material substance (body) and non-material (mind)Dualism
- 26Why do feminists criticize dualist theories?because they tend to give priority to the non-material substance (mind) over the material substance (body)
- 27The view that only material bodies existPhysicalism
- 28Feminists work on topics such as:emotions, the nature of the self and of personal identity. As well as the relations between minds and bodies, as they can be seen as irrelevant to the issues that concern physicalists.
- 29Which theory claims that everything and event is ultimately reducible to something physical?Physicalism
- 30Who challenges physicalism and why?Scheman, because it has not been supported by research.
- 31What is the Type-A Feminist theory?argues against the notion of absolute standards; emphasizes the contingent, the particular, the contextual and the embodied.
- 32What is the Type-B Feminist theory?Argues in defence of absolute standards; discourages the particular biases informing discourse.
- 33Which view DOES Scheman support?"Socially Constructed Kinds"
- 34The study of realityMetaphysics
- 35Why are contemporary feminists critical of metaphysics?They view it as "a dubious intellectual project, certainly irrelevant and probably worse."
- 36What are the 3 parts to Metaphysics?1. "A study of what is, or what is real (ontology).
2. "A study of the basic concepts employed in understanding ourselves and the world."
3. "A study of the presuppositions of inquiry." - 37What fields have Feminists done a substantial amount of work in?Personal Identity, the mind/body problem, ethics and political theory, as well as the problem of free-will.
- 38Who challenges Dualism in her paper titled "Pregnant Embodiment: Subjectivity and Alientation"Iris Young
- 39Why does Iris Young challenge Dualism?She argues that pregnancy challenges Dualism as well as the sharp distinction between notions such as "subject and object, inner and outer, etc."
- 40Who is the main philosopher associated with Metaphysics?Sally Haslanger
- 41Why does Haslanger believe men and women are difficult to characterize?She believes they are difficult to characterize AS A GROUP because of the many factors, other than gender, that contribute to their individualities.
- 42Haslanger offers another possible position, defended by who?"Neither men nor women know what is real, because it is impossible to overcome the distorting effects of gender (and other social factors) on our thinking". -- Jane Flax
- 43"The philosophical view that a belief is justified only if it is itself certain, or is derivable from premises that are certain."Foundationalism
- 44Why do Feminists attack metaphysics?they believe it is foundationalist.
- 45Feminist criticisms of metaphysics consist of two parts. what are they?One concerns the "nature of our access to reality" while the other concerns "the foundational role of metaphysical claims in non-metaphysical theorizing.
- 46This approach is common in Anglo-American philosophy, although Haslanger thinks it is outdated.The Aporematic Approach
- 47What is the Aporematic Approach?the method of solving a problem by first posing a question and then seeking reasonable answers to the question.
- 48Belief in Natural Kinds is seen as what?a common cause of much sexism and racism. As "racist and sexist institutions have portrayed women and people of colour"
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