Beebee, H orcid.org/0000-0001-7650-3622 and McCallion, AM (2020) In Defence of Different Voices. Symposion, 7 (2). pp. 149-177. ISSN 1584-174X
Abstract
Louise Antony draws a now well-known distinction between two explanatory models for researching and addressing the issue of women’s underrepresentation in philosophy – the ‘Different Voices’ (DV) and ‘Perfect Storm’ (PS) models – and argues that, in view of PS’s considerably higher social value, DV should be abandoned. We argue that Antony misunderstands the feminist framework that she takes to underpin DV, and we reconceptualise DV in a way that aligns with a proper understanding of the metaphilosophical framework that underpins it. On the basis of that reconceptualisation – together with the rejection of her claim that DV posits ‘cognitive’ differences between women and men – we argue that Antony’s negative assessment of DV’s social value is mistaken. And, we argue, this conclusion does not depend on endorsing the relevant feminist metaphilosophical framework. Whatever our metaphilosophical commitments, then, we should all agree that DV research should be actively pursued rather than abandoned.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Symposion. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) |
Keywords: | : feminism, metaphilosophy, women, diversity |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2022 15:20 |
Last Modified: | 24 Feb 2022 15:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Academia Romana, Filiala Iasi, Institutul de Cercetari Economice si Sociale Gheorghe Zane |
Identification Number: | 10.5840/SYMPOSION20207213 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:183973 |