Andro*-Superiorism: Anti-Female* Thought and the superhuman fallacy in western canonical philosophy

Abstract

Most of the existing histories of Western philosophy are to be considered incomplete and even incorrect because of an inherent    andro*-superiorist bias. The (epistemic) violence of this exclusion has been irrefutably demonstrated by mostly female* philosophers.  This study analyzes the nature of the misogyn*y of the male* philosophers and suggests new concepts to describe this (epistemic)  violence more precisely, namely the concept of superiorism and the superhuman fallacy. Superiorism is understood as an inability and/or  unwillingness to accept the Other. Superiorism arises when the fallacy is committed, i.e. when a normative difference between human  beings is introduced. In the final section, the practice of desuperiorization is outlined. Desuperiorization is to be understood as  the philosophical practice allowing us to develop the capability and willingness to accept otherness sui generis. To desuperiorize  philosophy means to consciously and practically unwant all privileges which derive from the pseudo-superiority of the male* human  being.