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The Idea of the Good and Practical Philosophy in the Thought of Hans-Georg GadamerDissertation, Boston College. 1990.This dissertation presents an interpretation of ethical themes in the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer, focusing upon Gadamer's interpretations of Plato and Aristotle. ;Chapter One is a reading of Gadamer's earliest book, Platos dialektische Ethik. Gadamer's interpretation of Platonic dialectic prefigures the linguistic and hermeneutic ontology of his own mature thought. From Gadamer's reading of Plato, language emerges as the medium in which things have their being for us. Language, moreover, has a t…Read more
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10The Concept of Woman, Vol. II (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 78 (1): 151-157. 2004.
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82. Woman of Reason: Lonergan and Feminist EpistemologyIn Cynthia S. W. Crysdale (ed.), Lonergan and Feminism, University of Toronto Press. pp. 33-48. 1994.
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36Sex and the Single Individual: Kierkegaard and Cavell on Repetition and RemarriageThe European Legacy 18 (7): 867-880. 2013.This essay explores the impact of Kierkegaard’s work on the thought of Stanley Cavell. Cavell identifies two central themes in Kierkegaard’s philosophy: first, rather than concerning itself with problems of logic or with abstract questions, philosophy is concerned with ordinary life and its lived spiritual questions; second, there are things that can only be understood by participating in them. Therefore, the task of the philosopher is not to explain or define ideas but to dramatize for the read…Read more
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258Martha Nussbaum on Dickens's hard timesPhilosophy and Literature 33 (2). 2009.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Martha Nussbaum on Dickens's Hard TimesPaulette KidderAt the heart of Martha Nussbaum's work in capability ethics is a rejection of utilitarianism. Nussbaum has repeatedly recounted a pivotal moment in Dickens's Hard Times (1854), in which the young Sissy Jupe delivers an innocent but devastating critique of the utilitarian system.1 Nussbaum's most extended and compelling reading of Hard Times appears in Poetic Justice: The Literary …Read more
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23The Concept of Woman, Vol. II (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 78 (1): 151-157. 2004.
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18Martha Nussbaum on Dickens's Hard TimesPhilosophy and Literature 33 (2): 417-426. 2009.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Martha Nussbaum on Dickens's Hard TimesPaulette KidderAt the heart of Martha Nussbaum's work in capability ethics is a rejection of utilitarianism. Nussbaum has repeatedly recounted a pivotal moment in Dickens's Hard Times (1854), in which the young Sissy Jupe delivers an innocent but devastating critique of the utilitarian system.1 Nussbaum's most extended and compelling reading of Hard Times appears in Poetic Justice: The Literary …Read more
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Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |
Continental Philosophy |