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>Well, there are a lot of people working in feminist epistemology and
>feminist ethics, so I think the onus is on you (at the beginning) to offer
>some reason for thinking that what they're doing isn't worthwhile.

This is my first contribution to this particular thread, and I begin
with a confession of ignorance.  I have no idea at all what 'feminist
epistemology' would consist of.

Now, I _do_ happen to think that 'women's studies' or even 'feminist
ethics' could be a fruitful field of study.  I am thinking, in particular,
of an examination of the historical causes for the subjugation of women
in (nearly) every culture of the world except for the modern capitalist
west, and for the pervasive and lingering biases that still exist today
in even those society that have established (in law, at least) equality.
This endeavor would, among other things, look for the invalid assumptions
and flawed arguments used as justification for these practices.

But feminist _epistemology_?  I honestly confess that I have no idea what
such a field would study, or why.

So, in this case, I think that the onus is on those _doing_ this kind of
work to explain to us what it is and why they think it is worthwhile.
In other words, I disagree with the presumption of validity expressed
in the quote above.

>BTW, should we stop sending this thread to so many newsgroups? (I'm
>reading it in sci.philosophy.*).

This response is only going to sci.philosophy.tech

--Jimbo