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An epistemological-ethical approach to philosophy of religion: Learning to listenIn Pamela Sue Anderson & Beverley Clack (eds.), Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Critical Readings, Routledge. 2004.
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86StandpointJournal of Philosophical Research 26 131-153. 2001.This article defends the place of “standpoint” in a realist epistemology. The conception and role of standpoint are proposed to be receptive to the shifting perspectives of actual knowers. A standpoint is distinguished from a spontaneous perspective or mere outlook. In this realist epistemology standpoint will have something to do with background beliefs. but rather than a starting point, it is an achievement gained as a result of a struggle for less biased knowledge. Epistemologists currently e…Read more
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137Life, death and (inter)subjectivity: realism and recognition in continental feminismInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 60 (1-3): 41-59. 2007.I begin with the assumption that a philosophically significant tension exists today in feminist philosophy of religion between those subjects who seek to become divine and those who seek their identity in mutual recognition. My critical engagement with the ambiguous assertions of Luce Irigaray seeks to demonstrate, one the one hand, that a woman needs to recognize her own identity but, on the other hand, that each subject whether male or female must struggle in relation to the other in order to …Read more
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53I locate the starting point for this essay on the common ground between the traditionally conceived attribute of divine love and the moral theory known as divine command ethics. The latter assumes that something is good because God commands it; with the former, the gift of divine love requires love in return. In this light, God’s command to love is recognized as goodness itself by those ‘he’ loves. In other words, those persons loved by God are morally motivated to love. However, this theistic a…Read more
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54The Philosophical Significance of Kant’s ReligionFaith and Philosophy 29 (2): 151-162. 2012.In my response-paper, I dispute the claim of Firestone and Jacobs that “Kant’s turn to transcendental analysis of the moral disposition via pure cognition is perhaps the most important new element of his philosophy of religion” (In Defense of Kant’s Religion, 233). In particular, I reject the role given—in the latter—to “pure cognition.” Instead I propose a Kantian variation on cognition which remains consistent with Kant’s moral postulate for the existence of God. I urge that we treat this post…Read more
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Postmodernism and religionIn Stuart Sim (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism, Routledge. 2005.
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148Feminist philosophy of religion: critical readings (edited book)Routledge. 2004.Feminist philosophy of religion as a subject of study has developed in recent years because of the identification and exposure of explicit sexism in much of the traditional philosophical thinking about religion. This struggle with a discipline shaped almost exclusively by men has led feminist philosophers to redress the problematic biases of gender, race, class and sexual orientation of the subject. Anderson and Clack bring together new and key writings on the core topics and approaches to this …Read more
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60A Feminist Philosophy of Religion: The Rationality and Myths of Religious BeliefWiley-Blackwell. 1997.Bridging the traditionally separate domains of analytic and Continental philosophies, Pamela Sue Anderson presents for the first time, a feminist framework for studying the philosophy of religion
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40StandpointJournal of Philosophical Research 26 131-153. 2001.This article defends the place of “standpoint” in a realist epistemology. The conception and role of standpoint are proposed to be receptive to the shifting perspectives of actual knowers. A standpoint is distinguished from a spontaneous perspective or mere outlook. In this realist epistemology standpoint will have something to do with background beliefs. but rather than a starting point, it is an achievement gained as a result of a struggle for less biased knowledge. Epistemologists currently e…Read more
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15 Myth and feminist philosophyIn Kevin Schilbrack (ed.), Thinking Through Myths: Philosophical Perspectives, Routledge. 2002.
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9Ricoeur and Kant: Philosophy of the WillAmer Society of Papyrologists. 1993.Anderson (philosophy, U. of Sunderland, England) presents an exegetical, restorative, and critical account of French philosopher Ricoeur's early work on human will, seeing in it a dual-aspect perspective of people that helps make sense of his later complex writings. Emphasizes the important impact of Kant on his original thinking. (Editor's note: this review corrects a misleading one appearing in the December 1993 issue.) Paper edition (837-0), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Po…Read more