The lack of women and minorities in philosophy may be an anomaly in the academy, especially among the humanities, but it is not an accident. Philosophers have made, and continue to make, decisions that impact the demographics of the discipline. Until they acknowledge their own complicity in the problem, philosophers will continue to scratch their heads about the lack of diversity in their field. It’s not that women and minorities are (inexplicably) less interested in the “problems of philosophy”—it’s that women and minorities have not had their fair say in defining what the problems of philosophy are, or what counts as philosophy in the first place. Eugene Sun Parks take on Why I Left Academia: Philosophy’s Homogeneity Needs Rethinking. read.hipporeads/why-i-left-academia-philosophys-homogeneity-needs-rethinking/
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 05:55:13 +0000
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