Is Consciousness Gendered?
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چکیده
We can ask whether there anything it is distinctively like to be female or male (a question about sex). And we feminine masculine gender). I think the answer both these questions “Obviously yes”. Why yes? why obviously? Consciousness gendered, and obviously because political realities of what masculine, feminine, are different. Moreover, consciousness sexed too, sexed, physical male, female, that our two not just “Yes”, but
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European journal of analytic philosophy
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1845-8475', '1849-0514']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31820/ejap.19.1.7