Linda Martín Alcoff
b. 1955
“Visible Identities maps race, gender, and the politics of social epistemology.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TVTragic Vision6 / 10
- VAVital Affirmation6 / 10
- WPWill to Power6 / 10
- TRTrust in Reason6 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Maria LugonesFORGE
World-traveling sets a playful pluralism against the logic of purity.
- Mary CalkinsPILGRIM
In her personalist self-psychology, the self is the primary datum of philosophy.
- Aspasia of MiletusFORGE
Rhetorician of Pericles' Athens; teacher of Socrates by report.
- Catharine MacKinnonFORGE
Her Feminist Theory of the State makes sexual hierarchy the deepest politics.
- Édouard GlissantFORGE
Poetics of Relation — opacity and the archipelagic right to be unknown.
- Cheshire CalhounFORGE
Feminist philosophy — moral failure, hope, and what's worth doing.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Linda Martín Alcoff's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Linda Martín Alcoff or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPARELinda Martín Alcoff vs Maria LugonesOn Mull's map Maria Lugones sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶