Abstract from materials provided by the publisher.
A philosopher and an artist join hands in this book to reclaim philosophy as an art. Their collaboration, supported by a grant from the San Francisco Art Commission, exposes the patriarchal mythology underlying modern “rationality.”
Their book shows how patriarchal biases have infected formal logic, higher mathematics, and the scientific method. It demonstrates the harmful impact of these biases on women, gay people, artists, indigenous societies, and the natural environment. In place of these biases, the book offers a new, liberating view of the role of reason in human life.
Among the many thinkers discussed is Ludwig Wittgenstein. A surprising connection is uncovered between Wittgenstein's theories of logic and language on one hand and his conflicted attitude toward his homosexuality on the other.
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