Category: Alex Byrne
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Byrne’s fourth argument for AHF – the similar case of girls
Philosopher Dr. Alex Byrne (MIT) compares the concepts girl and woman.
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Byrne’s third argument for AHF, “Eve” and “Adam”
Remember that AHF is the thesis that Necessarily, something is a woman if and only if it is an adult human female. Let me unpack that “if and only if.” The above statement is really a conjunction of two claims, namely: 1. Necessarily, if something is a woman then it is an adult human female.…
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Byrne’s second argument for AHF and analytic truths
Is a woman by definition an adult human female? If so, what is there to argue about?
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Byrne’s first argument for AHF
Could all the dictionary authors be so mistaken?
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Byrne on the recent philosophical gender orthodoxy
In his important paper “Are women adult human females?” the philosopher Dr. Alex Byrne (MIT) starts with this observation: Are women adult human females? . . . philosophers almost always answer no. . . . The orthodox view among philosophers who have considered the matter is that the category woman is a social category, like…