An explosive indictment of analytic philosophy and science. Arthur Evans exposes the patriarchal biases underlying modern "rationality." Evans shows how these biases have infected formal logic, higher mathematics, and the scientific method. He demonstrates the harmful impact they have had on women, gay people, artists, indigenous societies, and the natural environment. In place of these biases, he offers a new, liberating view of the role of reason in human life. Among the many thinkers discussed in the book is Ludwig Wittgenstein. A surprising connection is uncovered between Wittgenstein's theories of logic and language on one hand, and his conflicted attitude toward his homosexuality on the other.
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Critique of Patriarchal Reason stands as a shining exemplar of grassroots philosophy." -- Ruth Robson, Lambda Book Report.
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Evan's book is written in an accessible style, and includes original illustrations by San Francisco artist Frank Pietronigro. This joint project in philosophy and art is an award winner from the San Francisco Art Commission. Critique of Patriarchal Reason opens the window of Western philosophy. Read it, and you will discover a whole new way of looking at your own life and at the world around you.
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A museum piece,
By Aristotle's Beast (Monrovia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Critique of patriarchal reason (Paperback)
The author is a competent logician up to a point. If you would like to see where this discussion reaches the point of its competence, read the discussion of the law of non-contradiction at the end. This book is mainly a discussion of the history of logic. At the end however, the author is discussing the law of noncontradiction as though it denied that independent propositions could both be true. The law only asserts that a statement and its denial cannot both be true. The discussion of Wittgenstein seems a lot like that of Andrea Nye, in 'Words of Power: A Feminist Reading of the History of Logic.' Both think that genetic fallacies about logic are interesting and profound. Nye even argued for that in the conclusion of her book. Evans does not entertain us with such hopelessly wrongheaded chatter. But he is not always getting his logic right. The prose is readable, and one can learn about the history of logic from this book, and see the presentation, and so on. But one should not trust all of the formulations that you find here, and beware the political and psychiatric talk. The presentation is that of a gay male, which is in some sense the sole reason for this book's existence.
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Fresh perspective on Western philosophy,
By "nwdixieboy" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Critique of patriarchal reason (Paperback)
Very well written book that provides a sweeping, fresh perspective on the whole history of philosophy including formal logic and the mythology of higher mathematics. Of particular note is his treatment of Wittgenstein, especially how his internalized homophobia might have colored his views.
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