PHIL 255 Lecture 1: Feminist Philosophy Notes
7 Feb 2019
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Conceptual analysis: method of looking at an idea, belief, or concept and how it functions in contemporary society and/or historical usage. Used to find the necessary and sufficient conditions. To practice universality, particularities need to be left behind (gender, race) By creating a social construct that"s deemed normal in society, philosophers typically include this in ethics. Men created a construct that excluded and bashed women. That which it was for an instance of a kind k to be an instance of a kind k . Has to have certain characteristics or traits. That which it was (all along) for a human being to be a human being . Has to have some sort of natural characteristic that makes them what they are. Argues that if we wish to know what a human being is, we cannot identify transient or non-universal features of that kind. All properties and experiences of the body can be doubted.
