Why are women underrepresented in philosophy? Meditating on Quine’s comment that the “separation of philosophers into sages and cranks seems to be more sensitive to frames of reference [than in other disciplines]” this paper explores the possibility that part of the explanation might be the way that philosophers establish their credibility. The argument draws on philosophical work on the nature of expertise, as well as Miranda Fricker’s work on epistemic injustice.
Keywords
women in philosophy, credibility, feminist epistemology, expertise, authority, philosophical pedagogy, philosophical methods