"PHILOSOPHY NOW" LAUNCHES FEMINIST PHILOSOPHIES NUMBER
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The long-awaited issue of PHILOSOPHY NOW magazine focusing
on Feminist Philosophies is now out! Philosophy Now Issue 33
is already on sale at British newsagents and bookstores
and is about to reach those in the USA, Canada and Australia.
The contents include:
FASHION EMERGENCY by Marianne Janack & Michelle LaRocque
- A critical look at Susan Haack's "Manifesto of a Passionate
Moderate" and a defence of feminist epistemology.
WHY FEMINISTS SHOULD OPPOSE FEMINIST VIRTUE ETHICS by Sarah Conly
- Beware the lure of virtue, says this feminist proponent of
duty ethics.
INTERVIEW WITH MARY DALY
-The world-renowned Radical Feminist philosopher, theologian and
author talks to Philosophy Now about her latest ideas. The issue
also contains a review of her book "Quintessence".
WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS by Therese Dykeman
- Introduces early women philosophers such as Judith Sargent Murray.
JEZEBEL! by Dane Gordon
- Says that the Biblical wife of Ahab, King of Israel, was a
woman of faith and courage who didn't deserve such a bad name.
Plus articles on philosophy of language, ethics and the 50th
anniversary of the death of Wittgenstein.
Single copies and subscriptions can also be bought from the
Philosophy Documentation Center (USA) or direct from us
(rest of world). Details are on our website, but if you are
in the UK, please send a cheque for £2.80 (Issue 33 alone)
or £12.75 (subscription for 6 issues) to:
Philosophy Now Subscriptions
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