The Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy

Linda Martín Alcoff is Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at Syracuse University. She is author of Real Knowing: New Versions of Coherence Epistemology (1996) and Visible Identities: Race, Gender, and the Self (2005), and editor of Epistemology: The Big Questions (Blackwell, 1998) and of Identities: Race, Class, Gender, and Nationality (with Eduardo Mendieta, Blackwell 2003). Eva Feder Kittay is Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University. She is author of Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality, and Dependency (1999), and editor of Women and Moral Theory (with Diana T. Meyers, 1987) and of The Subject of Care: Feminist Theoretical Perspectives on Dependency (with Ellen Feder, 2002).

Acknowledgments. Notes on Contributors.

Introduction: Linda Martín Alcoff (Syracuse University) and Eva Feder Kittay (Stony Brook University).

Part I: Women and the Philosophical Canon:.

1. Justifying the Inclusion of Women in Our Histories of Philosophy: The Case of Marie de Gournay: Eileen O’Neill (University of Massachusetts at Amherst).

2. Feminism and the History of Philosophy: Robin May Schott (Danish University of Education).

3. Pragmatism: Shannon Sullivan (Pennsylvania State University).

Part II: Ethical Inquiries:.

4. Ethics and Feminism: Marilyn Friedman (Washington University in St Louis) and Angela Bolte (University of Nevada-Reno).

5. Moral Psychology: Margaret Urban Walker (Arizona State University).

6. Feminist Bioethics: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going: Hilde Lindemann (Michigan State University).

7. Feminism and Disability: Anita Silvers (San Francisco State University).

Part III: Political Perspectives:.

8. Feminist Political Philosophy: Nancy Hirschmann (University of Pennsylvania).

9. Postcolonial Feminisms: Genealogies and Recent Directions: Ofelia Schutte (University of South Florida in Tampa).

10. Lesbian Philosophy: Cheshire Calhoun (Colby College).

11. Can Third Wave Feminism Be Inclusive? Intersectionality, Its Problems and New Directions: Naomi Zack (University of Oregon).

Part IV: Knowing and Representing:.

12. Feminist Epistemologies and Women’s Lives: Lorraine Code (York University in Toronto).

13. Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Elizabeth Potter (Mills College).

14. Feminism and Aesthetics: Peg Brand (Indiana University in Bloomington).

15. Feminism and Poststructuralism: A Deleuzian Approach: Tamsin Lorraine (Swarthmore College).

Author Index.

Subject Index