Linda Alcoff's APA Presidential Address was on the relationship between "inclusion" (roughly, demographic variety) and "diversity" (roughly, methodological variety) in philosophy.  She argued that each promotes the other, and maybe have framed the talk as a response to the argument raised by Bonnie.  I want to say this was at the Eastern APA, maybe two years ago?  I seem to recall discovering it on her website.  

The standpoint theory literature would also provide ample resources to respond to this argument.  I can't recommend a particular essay off the top of my head, but Sandra Harding's anthology The Feminist Standpoint Theory Reader is excellent.  Likewise, I seem to recall reading some discussions of this in at least one of George Yancy's anthologies on gender, race, and philosophy; though here I'm afraid I can't even recall exactly which anthology!  

Best, 
Dan
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Dan Hicks
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
Western University
Ontario, Canada

"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation." -- Susan B. Anthony

On Oct 17, 2014, at 12:14 PM, Peggy DesAutels <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Erin Tarver wrote a great piece on this in a recent Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy.

Peggy

On Oct 17, 2014, at 12:03 PM, Bonnie Mann <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear FEAST,

Can someone please remind me about feminist articles/essays/arguments that were circulating maybe a year or so ago in reply to the charge/strategy that feminism has nothing to do with gender parity in philosophy? I find that this notion that having feminist philosophy as offerings or requirements has no relation to gender parity, to how welcome women feel or don't feel, how at home women are in philosophy, has really taken hold. I remember some quite brilliant responses but unfortunately can't remember where I read them or who wrote them.

Thanks so much for the help.

Bonnie

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University of Oregon
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