Feminist philosophers have been some of the most vocal critics of
reason and rationality. While most feminists realize that
rationality is a concept that cannot be entirely abandoned, few
have considered how to construct a positive account of rationality.
This book represents a sustained argument for a feminist theory of
rationality. It opens by asking the question: is reason inherently
masculine? Deborah K. Heikes goes on to answer this question
negatively and to examine what feminists actually want from a
theory of rationality, specifying what a virtue theory of
rationality is and how it works. She identifies those features that
feminists believe are central to reason, identifying four
dichotomies that are central to feminist thinking (mind/body,
reason/emotion, identity/difference, objectivity/subjectivity),and
argues that they can be captured by conceiving of rationality as a
virtue concept. She further demonstrates how a specifically
feminist theory of rationality can provide objective grounds for
feminists' moral, political and epistemic agendas.
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