PHILOSOPHY, SEXUALITY AND GENDER: MUTUAL INTERROGATIONS

These three papers present a quite diverse and complementary set of answers to the question, “Why Sexuality Matters to Philosophy.” They show the ways in which sexuality as an issue may be of interest to philosophers working on a wide range of questions. The theme of sexuality appears as both subjec...

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Published in:Metaphilosophy 1994-10, Vol.25 (4), p.293-303
Main Author: KAPLAN, MORRIS B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Compulsory heterosexuality
Desire
Female homosexuality
Gay rights
Gender discrimination
General philosophy. Metaphysics
LGBT
Metaphilosophy
Phenomena
Philosophy
Queer culture
Same sex marriage
SYMPOSIUM: WHY SEXUALITY MATTERS TO PHILOSOPHY
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Summary:These three papers present a quite diverse and complementary set of answers to the question, “Why Sexuality Matters to Philosophy.” They show the ways in which sexuality as an issue may be of interest to philosophers working on a wide range of questions. The theme of sexuality appears as both subject matter and context for the development of scientific theories of human behavior, as a pervasive dimension of the representation of everyday life, and as a social phenomenon raising important questions bearing on the implications of equal citizenship for persons of different genders and sexualities. Sexuality reveals itself as implicated in epistemology and philosophy of science, aesthetics and ethics, political philosophy and jurisprudence. Sexuality as a subject matter provides rich examples for extending the treatment of quite traditional problems. At the same time, by identifying sexuality as a fundamental human phenomenon, fraught with normative implications and closely linked to emotional and bodily life, these papers show how thinking about sexuality may also act to unsettle and redefine certain important areas of philosophical inquiry.
ISSN:0026-1068
1467-9973
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9973.1994.tb00489.x