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The trouble with feminism

  • Posted on March 13, 2018April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

In this post, I want to explain why I’m not a feminist and why I think you shouldn’t be either. Of course, I cannot discuss everything I think is wrong with feminism, so I’m just going to focus on what…

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A politically incorrect guide to affirmative action

  • Posted on August 30, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

During the controversy about James Damore’s infamous memo, which I briefly discussed here, I read a lot of nonsense from a lot of people, who clearly don’t understand much about this debate. If you have been following the debate about…

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The problem with hiring smart people is that sometimes they see through your bullshit

  • Posted on August 6, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

A software engineer at Google recently wrote a document that circulated internally before it was leaked, where he argues that instead of programs that promote gender/racial diversity by discriminating against white men, the company should try to promote ideological diversity…

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Why are women underrepresented in philosophy and should we care?

  • Posted on June 4, 2017July 16, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

In my last post, I offered a brief commentary on a recent paper about the representation of women in philosophy journals, but I now want to discuss a bit more thoroughly the underlying issue of the underrepresentation of women in…

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How not to lose friends and alienate people when talking about women in philosophy

  • Posted on May 26, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

A paper with a lot of interesting data about the representation of women in philosophy journals has just been published in Philosophical Studies. The authors used data from 25 top philosophy journals and found that, compared to their share of professional…

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