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63Wittgenstein: a feminist interpretationPolity Press. 2004.In this new book, Alessandra Tanesini demonstrates that feminist thought has a lot to offer to the study of Wittgenstein's philosophical work, and that -at the same time-that work can inspire feminist reflection in new directions. In Wittgenstein, Tanesini offers a highly original interpretation of several themes in Wittgenstein's philosophy. She argues that when we look at his work through feminist eyes we discover that he is not primarily concerned with providing solutions to technical problem…Read more
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68Temporal Externalism: A Taxonomy, an Articulation, and a DefenceJournal of the Philosophy of History 8 (1). 2014.I argue that the semantic content of thoughts and the linguistic meaning of expressions are things with a history in the sense that they can be made fully intelligible only from the point of view of the future. I defend this position by articulating a version of a view known in the philosophy of language as temporal externalism. Temporal externalism about content is the view that the content of a subject’s thoughts and utterances at a time t depends on features of the linguistic practices of her…Read more
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120Collective amnesia and epistemic injusticeImperfect Cognitions. 2016.Alessandra Tanesini is a Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University working on epistemology and philosophy of language. In this post she summarises some of her recent work on collective amnesia and epistemic injustice.
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33Under-represented groups in philosophy (26th-27th November 2010)Humana.Mente Journal of Philosophical Studies 22 243-249. 2012.
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28Philosophy of Language a–ZEdinburgh University Press. 2007.These thorough, authoritative yet concise alphabetical guides introduce the central concepts of the various branches of philosophy. Written by established philosophers, they cover both traditional and contemporary terminology.
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76Intentionality and the externalism versus internalism debateAbstracta 4 (S2): 45-53. 2008.In their excellent book The Phenomenological Mind Shaun Gallagher and Dan Zahavi demonstrate that analytic philosophy of mind and cognitive science have much to learn from work conducted in the phenomenological tradition. In particular, they show how discussions about embodied cognition, about the self, and about mind-reading could be greatly enhanced if the lessons of phenomenology were heeded to. However, their discussion of the structure of intentionality is, in my view, less successful in th…Read more
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373Teaching Virtue: Changing AttitudesLogos and Episteme 7 (4): 503-527. 2016.In this paper I offer an original account of intellectual modesty and some of its surrounding vices: intellectual haughtiness, arrogance, servility and self-abasement. I argue that these vices are attitudes as social psychologists understand the notion. I also draw some of the educational implications of the account. In particular, I urge caution about the efficacy of direct instruction about virtue and of stimulating emulation through exposure to positive exemplars.
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455The Non-Conjunctive Nature of DisjunctivismTeorema: International Journal of Philosophy 29 (1): 95-103. 2010.
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179An Introduction to Feminist EpistemologiesWiley-Blackwell. 1999.Although their positions and arguments differ in several respects, feminists have asserted that science, knowledge, and rationality cannot be severed from their social, political, and cultural aspects
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27Review of Deborah K. Heikes, Rationality and Feminist Philosophy (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2011 (1). 2011.
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1On Reason: Rationality in a World of Cultural Conflict and Racism (review)Radical Philosophy 155. 2009.
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Wittgenstein and Gadamer: Towards a Post-Analytic Philosophy of Language (review)Radical Philosophy 135. 2006.
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21Unlike McDowell Review of Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze, On Reason: Rationality in a World of Cultural Conflict and Racism (review)Radical Philosophy 155 56-57. 2009.
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Susan Hekman, The Material of Knowledge: Feminist Disclosures (review)Radical Philosophy 166 44. 2011.
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15Today’s New APPS interview is with Alessandra Tanesini, Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University. This is Part I; Part II will run next week. Thanks very much for doing this interview with us, Alessandra. Let’s start with your personal practice of philosophy. What are the pleasures and pains of philosophy...
Areas of Specialization
Epistemology |
Virtue Epistemology |
Social Epistemology |
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |