Proving something does not mean to convince the public: lessons from ‘feminist’ thinking of the 17th century
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Feminist Philosophy, Querelle des Femmes, Gender EqualityAbstract
The following article presents some of the reflections of the decolonial feminist philosopher Elsa Dorlin on what she called logical-feminism in the voice of four 17th century philosophers: Marie de Gournay, Anna Maria Van Schurman, François Poullain de la Barre and Gabrielle Suchon. In this article, this kind of philosophy is classified as logical-egalitarian and I add a fifth philosopher to the group: Mary Astell. These philosophers defended equality between men and women using logical arguments that sought to demonstrate equality as something true and irrefutable. It is also my intention to present to the Brazilian audience some of the strategies used by these philosophers in the midst of the debate on inequality or equality between the sexes, pointed out by Dorlin. Finally, i'll focus on the reasons why the arguments used did not reach their objective: a context of corrupt judgments and judges.
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