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    Introduction: Defining Feminist Philosophy
    In Kittay Eva Feder & Martín Alcoff Linda (eds.), The Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy, Wiley-blackwell. 2006.
    This chapter contains section titled: Gender in Canonical Philosophical Writings The Emergence of Contemporary Feminist Philosophy Reflexive Critique within Philosophy Refl exive Critique within Feminist Philosophy Feminist Philosophy as a Research Program Feminist Philosophy as Transformative Notes.
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    The Philosophical I: Personal Reflections on Life in Philosophy (edited book)
    with Nicholas Rescher, Richard Shusterman, Lorraine Code, Sandra Harding, Bat-Ami Bar On, John Lachs, John J. Stuhr, Douglas Kellner, Thomas E. Wartenberg, Paul C. Taylor, Nancey Murphy, Charles W. Mills, Nancy Tuana, and Joseph Margolis
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2002.
    Philosophy is shaped by life and life is shaped by philosophy. This is reflected in The Philosophical I, a collection of 16 autobiographical essays by prominent philosophers
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    What Should White People Do?
    Hypatia 13 (3). 1998.
    In this paper I explore white attempts to move toward a proactive position against racism that will amount to more than self-criticism in the following three ways: by assessing the debate within feminism over white women's relation to whiteness; by exploring "white awareness training" methods developed by Judith Katz and the "race traitor" politics developed by Ignatiev and Garvey, and; a case study of white revisionism being currently attempted at the University of Mississippi
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    Does the Public Intellectual Have Intellectual Integrity?
    Metaphilosophy 33 (5): 521-534. 2002.
    This article is concerned with the devaluation of the work of public intellectuals within the academic community. The principal reason given for this devaluation is that the work of the public intellectual does not have intellectual integrity as independent thought and original scholarship. I develop three models of public intellectual work: the permanent–critic model, the popularizer model, and the public–theorist model. I then consider each model in relation to the concern with intellectual in…Read more
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    Historicism and Knowledge, by Robert D'Amico (review)
    Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 52 (1): 241-243. 1992.
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    Three Responses
    Philosophy Today 53 (Supplement): 59-70. 2009.
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    To Possess the Power to Speak
    Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 89 51-64. 2021.
    I argue here that first person speech on sexual violence remains an important dimension of the movement for social change in regard to sexual violence, and that the public speech of survivors faces at least three groups of obstacles: 1) the problem of epistemic injustice, that is, injustice in the sphere of knowledge 2) the problem of language and power, and 3) the problem of dominant discourses. I explain and develop these points and end with a final argument concerning the critical importance …Read more
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    Sotomayor's reasoning
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 48 (1): 122-138. 2010.
    Justice Sonia Sotomayor was vilified for arguing that one's social identity can contribute positively to judgment or public reason. This paper considers and expands on Sotomayor's arguments, showing that identity is relevant to snap judgments and to sensation transference that affects how speakers are assessed. It further develops a hermeneutic account of identity that can make sense of its epistemic relevance without foreclosing individual variation.
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    Latino vs. Hispanic
    Philosophy and Social Criticism 31 (4): 395-407. 2005.
    The politics of ethnic names, such as ‘Latino’ and ‘Hispanic’, raises legitimate issues for three reasons: because non-political considerations of descriptive adequacy are insufficient to determine absolutely the question of names; political considerations may be germane to an ethnic name’s descriptive adequacy; and naming opens up the political question of a chosen furture, to which we are accountable. The history of colonial and neo-colonial conditions structuring the relations of the North, C…Read more
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    Philosophie und Race als Identität
    Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 67 (4): 589-603. 2019.
    In her article, Alcoff argues for the need to examine the reality of race philosophically. According to Alcoff, liberal notions of universality as well as the postmodern critique of essentialism make it difficult to address race and its ongoing significance in social life. By engaging with authors like Charles W. Mills and Paul Gilroy, Alcoff aims to show that it is possible to develop an account of race as social and historical reality without essentializing the category of race.
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    Response
    Philosophical Studies 177 (2): 311-320. 2020.
    In this response to the comments on my book, Rape and Resistance: Understanding the Complexities of Sexual Violation, I offer a futher elaboration of the crucial concept of sexual subjectivity put forward as a way to approach the normative evaluation of sexual practices. This concept makes possible a healthy pluralism without retreating to a facile libertarian view that would render consent sufficient to determine morally unproblematic sex. The concept of sexual subjectivity sanctions experiment…Read more
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    Is Whiteness Really Real?
    The Philosophers' Magazine 73 33-40. 2016.
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    Khader’s minimalist, pluralist universalism
    Journal of Global Ethics 16 (3): 357-370. 2020.
    ABSTRACT Serene Khader’s effort to develop a decolonized approach to transnational feminism takes a helpfully nonideal approach. Much of decolonial theory has criticized universalism in order to espouse pluralism. Khader attempts to develop a form of minimalist universalism compatible with a significant dose of pluralism in regard to how we understand liberation from gender-based forms of oppression, and she effectively shows how the nonideal, meliorative approach can do this. I address three is…Read more
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    Latinos beyond the Binary
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 47 (S1): 112-128. 2009.
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    Habits of Hostility
    Philosophy Today 44 (Supplement): 30-40. 2000.
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    Latino vs. hispanic: The politics of ethnic names
    Philosophy and Social Criticism 31 (4): 395-407. 2005.
    The politics of ethnic names, such as ‘Latino’ and ‘Hispanic’, raises legitimate issues for three reasons: because non-political considerations of descriptive adequacy are insufficient to determine absolutely the question of names; political considerations may be germane to an ethnic name’s descriptive adequacy; and naming opens up the political question of a chosen furture, to which we are accountable. The history of colonial and neo-colonial conditions structuring the relations of the North, C…Read more
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    Introduction
    Philosophy and Social Criticism 29 (1): 53-55. 2003.
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    Fraser on Redistribution, Recognition, and Identity
    European Journal of Political Theory 6 (3): 255-265. 2007.
    This article analyzes Nancy Fraser's account of the contrasting social movements for recognition versus those for redistribution. In her most recent analysis, only those forms of recognition struggles that she equates with identity politics are subject to critique. I argue that identity politics does not have an inevitable logic to it that destines it to fracture, border patrol, internal conservatism, etc., and further that the very redistribution claims she proposes require identity politics.
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    Latino/as, asian americans, and the black–white binary
    The Journal of Ethics 7 (1): 5-27. 2003.
    This paper aims to contribute toward coalitionbuilding by showing that, even if we try tobuild coalition around what might look like ourmost obvious common concern – reducing racism –the dominant discourse of racial politics inthe United States inhibits an understanding ofhow racism operates vis-à-vis Latino/as andAsian Americans, and thus proves more of anobstacle to coalition building than an aid. Theblack/white paradigm, which operates to governracial classifications and racial politics inthe…Read more
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    Editors' Introduction
    Philosophy Today 43 (Supplement): 3-10. 1999.
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    Habits of Hostility
    Philosophy Today 44 (Supplement): 30-40. 2000.
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    Introduction for symposium
    Philosophy and Social Criticism 27 (2): 1-2. 2001.
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    Immanent Truth
    Science in Context 10 (1): 97-112. 1997.