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
historical circumstances as well as gender. In a series of studies
of the logics of historical figures Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle,
Zeno, Abelard, Ockham, and Frege she traces the changing
interrelationships between logical innovation and oppressive speech
strategies, showing that logic is not transcendent truth but
abstract forms of language spoken by men, whether Greek ruling
citizens, imperial administrators, church officials, or scientists.
She relates logical techniques, such as logical division,
syllogisms, and truth functions, to ways in which those with power
speak to and about those subject to them. She shows, in the
specific historical settings of Ancient and Hellenistic Greece,
medieval Europe, and Germany between the World Wars, how logicians
reworked language so that dialogue and reciprocity are impossible
and one speaker is forced to accept the words of another. In the
personal, as well as confrontative style of her readings, Nye
points the way to another power in the words of women that might
break into and challenge rational discourses that have structured
Western thought and practice.
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