Epistemic Trouble for Engineering ‘Woman'

Logos and Episteme 9 (1):91-98 (2018)
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This paper puts forth a functionalist difficulty for Sally Haslanger’s proposal for engineering our concept of ‘woman.’ It is argued that the project of bringing about better political function fulfillment cannot get off the ground in virtue of epistemic failure.

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Mona Simion
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Epistemic Entitlement.Peter J. Graham - 2012 - Noûs 46 (3):449-482.

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