Feminist Philosophy ((3))

Catalog description

This course will serve as an introduction to feminist philosophy as a distinctive discipline. It will introduce students to the concepts and skills needed to engage with feminist philosophical critiques and debates. We will cover central topics in feminist ontology, epistemology, and ethics, including feminist approaches to thinking the body, identity, difference, knowledge, and domination. We will also consider feminist philosophy as a methodology produced in relation to feminism as a social movement. We will examine how feminist philosophers have responded to political struggles and have centered marginalized lived experiences (including gendered, racial, sexual, ability-based, etc.) in their various approaches to bringing theory together with feminist practice.