Philosophy 258fl - Topics in the Philosophy of Language-Feminist Philosophy of Language

T-Feminist PHI of Language

Spring
2026
01
4.00
Malcolm Keating

TU TH 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Smith College
PHI-258fl-01-202603
mkeating@smith.edu
Feminist philosophy of language in the analytic tradition seeks to understand how language may contribute to gendered patterns of oppression. It also proposes interventions to disrupt that oppression. This class surveys major topics in feminist philosophy of language, for example, the semantics of generics like "man" or "woman," the meaning of slurs, the silencing effects of speech, the influence of gendered metaphor, the grammatical encoding of gender into natural language, and more. Students read both foundational and contemporary works of analytic philosophy.
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