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138Introduction: Rethinking philosophical presumptions in light of cognitive disabilityMetaphilosophy 40 (3-4): 307-330. 2009.This Introduction to the collection of essays surveys the philosophical literature to date with respect to five central questions: justice, care, agency, metaphilosophical issues regarding the language and representation of cognitive disability, and personhood. These themes are discussed in relation to three specific conditions: intellectual and developmental disabilities, Alzheimer's disease, and autism, though the issues raised are relevant to a broad range of cognitive disabilities. The Intro…Read more
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108Woman as MetaphorHypatia 3 (2): 63-86. 1988.Women's activities and relations to men are persistent metaphors for man's projects. I query the prominence of these and the lack of equivalent metaphors where men are the metaphoric vehicle for women and women's activities. Women's role as metaphor results from her otherness and her relational and mediational importance in men's lives. Otherness, mediation, and relation characterize the role of metaphor in language and thought. This congruence between metaphor and women makes the metaphor of wo…Read more
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State University of New York, Stony BrookDepartment of Philosophy
Stony Brook, New York, United States of America