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    Shelley Tremain

    contemporaryFeminist Philosophy, Disability Studies, Continental Philosophy

    Shelley Tremain is a contemporary feminist philosopher and disability theorist best known for applying Foucauldian frameworks to the study of disability. She edited the influential collection *Foucault and the Government of Disability* and has developed a political ontology of disability that challenges naturalist assumptions in the field. She is also a prominent advocate for disabled philosophers within academic philosophy.

    Notable Achievements

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    Edited *Foucault and the Government of Disability*, a landmark interdisciplinary collection

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    Developed a Foucauldian political ontology of disability challenging naturalist and social-model accounts

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    Founded and edits the *Discrimination and Disadvantage* blog, amplifying marginalized voices in philosophy

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    Contributed to feminist critiques of how philosophy reproduces ableist and gendered structural barriers

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    Sustained advocacy for institutionally marginalized philosophers within the academic profession

    Positions & Arguments(1)

    Moral Responsibility

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    Philosophers speculating about women ought to take into account the obstacles to women's opportunities for subjecthood and choice created by those who constructed an oppressive situation for women.

    Rights & Liberty

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    Philosophers speculating about women ought to take into account the obstacles to women's opportunities for subjecthood and choice created by those who constructed an oppressive situation for women.

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    Feminist Philosophy, Disability Studies, Continental Philosophy

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