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Contingent and chaotic reality -- A challenge to chaos -- Kant, freedom, and evil -- Kierkegaard and Schelling on process -- The concept of anxiety and Kant -- Kierkegaard on women -- Metaphors of birth in Kierkegaard -- More on birthing -- Nature as a body that can birth -- The age of revolution and the present age

Alison Assiter argues that the notion of the person that lies at the heart of the liberal tradition is derived from a Kantian and Cartesian metaphysic. This metaphysic, according to her, is flawed and it permeates a number of aspects of the tradition. Significantly it excludes certain individuals, those who are labelled ''mad'' or ''evil''. Instead she offers an alternative metaphysical image of the person that is derived largely from the work of Kierkegaard. Assiter argues that there is a strand of Kierkegaard''s writing that offers a metaphysical picture that recognises the dependence of p

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 The Flight from Universals -- chapter 2 Irigaray, Lacan and Derrida -- chapter 3 Realism and Anti-Realism -- chapter 4 Irigaray and the Self -- chapter 5 Feminist Epistemological Communities -- chapter 6 Feminism and Morality -- chapter 7 Essentialism and Universalism Revisited -- chapter 8 A Critique of Constructivist Accounts of Sexuality.

This article discusses and develops some recent debates in feminist epistemology, by outlining the concept of an 'emancipatory value'. It outlines the optimum conditions that a 'community' of knowers must satisfy in order that its members have the best chance of producing knowledge claims. The article thus covers general ground in epistemology. The article also argues that one of the conditions that any 'emancipatory community' must satisfy is that its underlying values should not oppress women. It is related to feminist debates, therefore, in two ways: first, it develops its arguments by drawing on those debates; and second, after developing the general concepts of emancipatory value and epistemic community, it argues that feminist values are one set of emancipatory values to which an epistemic community should pay regard.

The liberal & communitarian perception of pluralism as an inevitable & desirable component of contemporary societies is explored. Pluralism is separated into three categories: cultural/national pluralism; moral/value pluralism; & pluralism based on certain structural differences (eg, race & ethnicity). An analysis of pluralism based on structural differences is performed to illustrate how such categories by themselves are inadequate foundations for models of identity. It is subsequently asserted that nationality & culture are not appropriate bases for creating identities. Consequently, a notion of pluralism based on the moral contention that the commitment to life is the seminal value of nonoppressive governments is advanced. Despite the possibility of competing moral values, it is concluded that the existence of moral truths, especially the commitment to life, must be accepted to ensure freedom. 19 References. J. W. Parker