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- From: holmes@garnet.idbsu.edu (Randall Holmes)
- Subject: Re: The "validity" of feminist philosophy
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:35:11 GMT
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- In article <DAVIS.92Nov13115003@passy.ilog.fr> davis@passy.ilog.fr (Harley Davis) writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Nov10.165822.2107@guinness.idbsu.edu> holmes@garnet.idbsu.edu (Randall Holmes) writes:
- >
- > Except in extreme cases. Feminist epistemology is absurd, unless one
- > believes in "woman's intuition". The ways in which people know things
- > do not depend on their gender in any _philosophically_ relevant way.
- >
- >It's not so obvious. For example, studies indicate that women have
- >more a more sensitive sense of smell than men. If human pheromones
- >indicate emotion, and women are more sensitive to these pheromones
- >than men, than women could have more direct sensory access to the
- >emotions of those around them. I can imagine lots of ways in which
- >such an ability would be philosophically relevant.
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- I can't.
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- >
- >-- Harley Davis
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- above are not the "official" | M. Randall Holmes
- opinions of any person | Math. Dept., Boise State Univ.
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