1st Edition

Words of Power A Feminist Reading of the History of Logic

By Andrea Nye Copyright 1990
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1990. A common complaint of philosophers, and men in general, has been that women are illogical. On the other hand, rationality, defined as the ability to follow logical argument, is often claimed to be a defining characteristic of man. Andrea Nye undermines assumptions such as: logic is unitary, logic is independent of concrete human relations, logic transcends... Read more

Prologue. Introduction: Reading Logic  Part 1: Classical Logic  1. The Desire of Logic: Parmenides’s Passion  2. Weaving the Seine of Logos: Plato and the Sophist  3. Aristotle’s Syllogisms  4. Logos Spermatikos: The Logic of Empire  Part 2: Medieval Logic  5. An Arsenal of Reasons: Abelard’s Dialectic  6. The Antinomies of Power: Ockham’s Razor  Part 3: Reading Frege  7. Breaking the Power of the Word  8. The Marriage of Mathematics and Language  9. Frege’s Thoughts  10. A Thought like a Hammer: The Logic of Totalitarianism.  Conclusion: Words of Power and the Power of Words 

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Andrea Nye