“While Tables Burn: On The (Non) Existence of Trans People and The Failure of Philosophy” Daily Nous (Justin Weinberg)

“There are indeed consequences when we punch down or pretend that what is, in fact, a hostile attack, is merely ‘inquiry for inquiry’s sake.’ Aside from the emotional wounds we inflict on actual people, philosophical discourse matters beyond that. It did matter in this case.”

The following is a guest post by Talia Mae Bettcher, Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles, and author of the forthcoming Beyond Personhood: An Essay in Trans Philosophy.

It is a follow-up to her “When Tables Speak: On the Existence of Trans Philosophy“.

Read more here.