Diversity and Inclusiveness

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The Lost Women of Early Analytic Philosophy

As new histories of early analytic philosophy and its pre-history begin to appear, there is a striking absence of female names. For example, the...

Charles Mills: On Seeing and Naming the Whiteness of Philosophy

This post was originally published on The Philosopher as part of a series of essays and interviews on the life and philosophy of Charles...
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The Five Lives of Raya Dunayevskaya: Sources of Intersectional Marxism

The history of women thinkers is marked by enforced obsolescence, especially once male counterparts start working in the same terrain. Think of Hypatia or...
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Incomplete Categories and Peripheries of Thought: Where is Philosophy From?

Some time since I moved to the United States, my home country, Turkey, shifted its geographic location, and so did my relation to the...

Land Acknowledgements and Trans Philosophy: What are we Compelled to Do?

“It’s one thing to say, ‘Hey, we’re on the territory of the Mississaugas or the Anishinaabek and the Haudenosaunee.’ It’s another thing to say,...
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A Reflection on Eva Kittay on Human Dignity

Eva Feder Kittay’s Learning from My Daughter presents an argument worth considering as notions of “anti-human” and “post-human” have gained currency. The daughter to...

(Un)Fairness in AI: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis

Racial, Gender, and Intersectional Biases in AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now an integral part of society. It is used to make high-stakes decisions, such...
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Reading Kierkegaard’s Absent Women

Misogynistic or traditionalist views of women lurk in the background of many a philosopher in the Western tradition. For Søren Kierkegaard, a blend of...
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Why Teach About Race in Modern Philosophy

“The best idea that may occur to those who try to acquire genuine knowledge, if they were educated according to traditional methods, is to...
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Intimacy, Illness, and Forced Gestation

Two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with a chronic illness. The past few months have been a whirlwind of surgeries, IVs, MRIs, and medications....