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ERIC Number: EJ844521
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jun
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-4852
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The Failure of Feminist Epistemology
Shelton, Jim D.
Academic Questions, v19 n2 p82-92 Jun 2006
Mankind has generally done its best to pursue the truth, since the beginning of time. Given the unlikely tenets of their ideology, though, today's feminists see the need to distort this pursuit. Therefore, radicals in that camp argue that the sex of the thinker is significant to the idea, that truth depends on its social construction, or that feelings are the route to objective reality. That's fine, as far as it goes, but Jim Shelton reminds us that these are ethical musings--a moral code, of sorts--and, as such, should not be confused with epistemic evaluation of evidence about the real world. (Contains 17 notes.)
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Language: English
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