Catherine E. Hundleby

Associate Professor of Philosophy University of Windsor

  • Windsor ON

Feminist philosopher of argumentation and knowledge

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Biography

Catherine (Cate) Hundleby specializes in interdisciplinary philosophical study of reasoning from a feminist perspective that also attends to other forms of oppression. Her research addresses educational, scholarly, and academic knowledge and argumentation but she also can comment on a variety of gender issues, and issues regarding social bias.

Industry Expertise

Women
Writing and Editing
Education/Learning

Areas of Expertise

Philosophy
Feminism
Critical Thinking
Argumentation
Scientific Knowledge
Social Biases
Reasoning
Humanities

Accomplishments

Visiting Fellow

2010-09-01

Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University

Visiting Scholar

2003-07-01

National Endowment for the Humanities, Department of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University

Essay Award

2003-12-01

Society for Analytical Feminism

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Education

Western University

PhD

Philosophy

2001

University of Guelph

M.A.

Philosophy

1994

University of Toronto

B.A. (Honours)

Philosophy Specialist

1991

Women's Studies Minor

Affiliations

  • Fellow, Centre for Research in Reasoning Argumentation & Rhetoric, University of Windsor
  • Cross-appointment, Women and Gender Studies, University of Windsor
  • Director, Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Argumentation Studies, University of Windsor

Languages

  • English

Media Appearances

Interview about PhD in Argumentation Studies

WDET / National Public Radio Detroit  radio

2017-08-23

with Stephen Henderson on Detroit Today

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Women no longer burning their bras — they’re just not wearing them

The Toronto Star  print

2016-09-06

Reporter Lauren Pelley cites Hundleby on women's body image and fashion

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Safety on the roads: Is a women-only driving service the answer?

Toronto Star  print

2016-06-28

Reporter Lauren Pelley quotes Hundleby on gender, labour, and violence against women

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Event Appearances

A PussyHat Tale

MayWorks Windsor -- "Beyond Traditional: Women's Work" installation  Chimczuk Museum

2017-05-10

Research Grants

International Conference: Virtues of Argumentation

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

2013-05-01

This conference at the University of Windsor, hosted by the Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation and Rhetoric, and sponsored by the Ontario Association for the Study of Argumentation included 120 guests from around the world and various disciplines.

Reason, Activism, and Change: Philosophical Considerations

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

2008-10-01

This conference, organized by the Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy was hosted at the University of Windsor. Two special journal issues resulted: "Reasoning for Change" in Informal Logic; and "Just Reason" in Studies in Social Justice

Feminist Epistemologies

National Endowment for the Humanities $3500

2003-06-15

This summer institute lasted five weeks at Penn State University, hosted by the Rock Ethics Institute

Articles

Critical thinking and the adversary paradigm.

American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Feminism & Philosophy, 13(1).

2017-04-30

This article addresses how the teaching of critical thinking in postsecondary education tends to make problematic assumptions about opposition between people who argue.

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Aggression, politeness, and abstract adversaries

Informal Logic

2013-02-28

33(2), pp. 238-262.

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The authority of the fallacies approach to argument evaluation

Informal Logic

2010-09-01

30(3), pp. 279-308.

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