Andrea Nye

Words of Power

A Feminist Reading of the History of Logic

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1990. This confrontational, controversial book challenges the complaint that women are illogical. In a series of studies of historical figures Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Zeno, Abelard, Ockham, and Frege the author traces the changing interrelationships between logical innovation and oppressive speech strategies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780367426903
• ISBN-10: 0367426900
• Artikelnr.: 69892849

Autorenporträt

Andrea Nye

Inhaltsangabe

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