SOAN 2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cartesian Doubt, Male Privilege, Social Statistics
20 Apr 2016
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Serious proposal for the ladies": part 1 1694, part 2 1697. Wrote about rights of women before feminists came into play (respected for her provocative nature) Some reflections upon marriage (1700), based on an actual case demonstrating the legal disabilities of women. Cartesian terminology: defining our knowledge in terms of clear and distinct ideas. She warned of the possibilities of error in our sense of perception (when we are considering our knowledge through perception) Our need to belong, influence, greed, ambition- so we really need to know limits of our knowledge. She was skeptical and thinking reliability of senses; and of reason. Contrary to idealists, she held that there are many truths our minds cannot comprehend. Its an error to use scientific processes to explain objective things (love, art, music) Good sense was not the birthright of all- tho are born to than make use of it.
