A PHILOSOPHY OF RISK ASSESSMENT AND THE LAW: A CASE STUDY OF THE ROLE OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC POLICY

Philosophical Studies -     

历史哲学

受邀做一场讲座专门来纪念一位历史学家同仁,我感到极大的荣幸,因为她是那样地献身于工作,那样地富有人情味,她就是被残忍地从我们身边夺走的帕皮亚·高希博士。我深感遗憾的是,由于年龄和健康的原因,我不能亲自来讲,为此恳请大家谅解。     

RELEASING THE FEMININE VOICE: A CAVELLIAN EPISTEMOLOGY FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

How can we imagine anew the discipline of philosophy of religion, given the feminist critiques that it privileges thinking driven by the needs of male subject formation? I address this question first by arguing with Cavell that a specific masculine aversion of erotic reciprocity produces a particular skeptical epistemology. Overcoming this phallocentric thinking requires therefore a new eros. Secondly, I will argue that the fluidly gendered subjectivities I detect in Cavell's work on film enable such a new erotic and epistemic orientation. I conclude by outlining the consequences of this orientation for the pursuits of philosophy of religion.