Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill on sexual equality : historical, methodological and philosophical issues / by Vincent Guillin.
- Guillin, Vincent.
- Date:
- 2009
- Books
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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
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xii, 367 pages ; 25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Comte and Mill on sexual equality : context and problems -- The female brain and the subjection of women : biology, phrenology and sexual equality -- The phrenological controversy -- The explanation of moral phenomena : Comte and Mill on the architectonics of the moral sciences -- A never ending subjection? : Comte, Mill, and the sociological argument against sexual equality -- The ethological fiasco : the methodological shortcomings of the Millian science of the formation of character -- How to discover one's nature : Mill's argument for emancipation in the Subjection of women -- Conclusion.
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Location Status History of MedicineTW /GUIOpen shelves
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- 9789004174696
- 9004174699