Today, I emailed Ásta. She wrote “The Metaphysics of Sex and Gender,” which is one of the main focuses of my work this summer. My advisor, Dr. Griffith, recommended that I reach out to her. In my email, I thanked Ásta and asked for any advice she may have. I let her know my article’s title, “A Case for Intersectional Feminist Metaphysics: What We Can Learn from Judith Butler and Immanuel Kant,” and let her know that I plan to send her the final draft.
Inspiration from JVN (Jonathan Van Ness)
July 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
In my research, I have come across a dominant notion of limited available conceptions. A rough sketch of the idea is that we have thoughts and feelings which we must communicate through available words and concepts. Sometimes, this means squeezing the thought or feeling into an available conception, which can result in certain important bits being left behind. Sometimes, this means that a word is not available to communicate the thought or feeling. With a general understanding, this idea can be applied to numerous things that we interact with every day.
Abstract: Feminist Philosophy
March 22, 2019 by Leave a Comment
In Bodies That Matter and Gender Trouble, feminist philosopher Judith Butler argues for the existence of a fundamental metaphysical category: gender. Although scholars agree upon the opaqueness of Butler’s writing, some, including Ásta, have merely scratched the surface of true clarity with an analogy of Butler’s metaphysics to a Kantian framework. Through an expansion of Ásta’s analogy, this research will consist of an analysis of Butler’s metaphysics on sex and gender through interpretive and critical lenses. The project will be guided by the question: How do we best understand Judith Butler’s metaphysics of sex and gender? Butler’s arguments undeniably revolutionized feminist philosophy. Improved comprehension of Butler’s opaque work will provide new, compelling insight into the metaphysics of sex and gender.
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