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Why does it seem that everything that I read in philosophy always uses "she" or "her" instead of "his" or "he"?

Alexander George
April 24, 2010 (changed April 24, 2010) Permalink
Hmm: that ("they" with no plural antecedent) is exactly what I will scold a student for doing, though that doesn't stop them!
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