Being a woman and wanting to be a woman

In this paper I provide a new way of thinking of questions using an expanded space of FDE-worlds/state space. This allows both for non-exclusive and non-exhaustive answers to questions concerning one's gender identity. Further, and most crucially for the purposes of this paper, it allows for a new, more general definition of question inclusion that allows for the identification of a new form of hermeneutical injustice. This form of injustice, I argue, affects trans people by keeping them in a prolonged state of gender questioning and confusion in which they only grasp the part of the question Am I X gender identity? that corresponds to the question Do I want to be X gender identity?.

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The Australasian Journal of Logic
Published
2025-06-16
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https://doi.org/10.26686/ajl.v22i4.8230
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1
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Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
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3.87

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Being a woman and wanting to be a woman

Francisca Silva
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Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
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Being a woman and wanting to be a woman

Francisca Silva
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Abstract

In this paper I provide a new way of thinking of questions using an expanded space of FDE-worlds/state space. This allows both for non-exclusive and non-exhaustive answers to questions concerning one's gender identity. Further, and most crucially for the purposes of this paper, it allows for a new, more general definition of question inclusion that allows for the identification of a new form of hermeneutical injustice. This form of injustice, I argue, affects trans people by keeping them in a prolonged state of gender questioning and confusion in which they only grasp the part of the question Am I X gender identity? that corresponds to the question Do I want to be X gender identity?.

The Australasian Journal of LogicVol. 22(4)
University of St Andrews (GB)
University of St Andrews
Openalex Percentile: Top 8%
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
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