The bonds of friendship: Prolegomena to a feminist account of epistemology and responsibility

As the prolegomena to a feminist account of epistemology and responsibility, the dissertation undertakes to examine relationship as a key factor in our construction of interpersonal knowledge and responsibility. Friendship, as a relatively uninstitutionalized but by no means unstructured relationship, represents a particularly important focus for inquiry into relationship in that it is at once personal and public, though normally celebrated as a strictly private relationship. In addressing questions of epistemology and responsibility, the dissertation focuses primarily on friendship, looking at the expectations we develop of friendship, how we explain and understand as well as justify and honor those expectations, and at how such expectations fit with our other goals and commitments.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Thompson, Audrey Ann

Contributors dc:contributor

• Page, Ralph C.

• Philosophy
• Sociology, Individual and Family Studies
• Education, Philosophy of

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1990 Thompson, Audrey Ann

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9114439
(UMI)AAI9114439

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19817