PHL 4200 - Feminist Philosophy (3)

Examination of several of the central metaphysical, epistemological, ethical, social, and political questions in Feminist Philosophy. Topics include theories of gender difference, including social construction, realism, and new essentialisms; the relations between sex and gender; feminist epistemologies, including feminist perspectives on objectivity in science, feminist critiques of scientific practice, epistemologies of ignorance, standpoint epistemology, epistemic injustice, and the relations between knowledge and emotion; misrepresenting women, gendered narrative, and women’s appearance; intersectionality and the interactions among gender, race, class, sexuality, immigration status, ability and other social categories; structural injustice, including global gender injustice, transnational feminism, and individual bias; gender and work, including family and domestic work, sex work, and reproductive freedom and abortion; and theorizing misogyny, policing women, and domestic violence.

Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Student Choice
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once
Course Category: Major Course