Words of Power: A Feminist Reading of the History of Logic

by Andrea Nye

Book Overview

Originally published in 1990. A common complaint of philosophers, and men in general, has been that women are illogical. On the other hand, rationality, defined as the ability to follow logical argument, is often claimed to be a defining characteristic of man. Andrea Nye undermines assumptions such as: logic is unitary, logic is independent of concrete human relations, logic transcends historical circumstances as well as gender. In a series of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367426900
• ISBN13: 9780367426903
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"