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Speaking for Oneself: Wittgenstein, Nabokov and Sartre on How (Not) to Be a Philistine, BENJAMIN DE MESEL
But Alcoff questions the wisdom, and the possibility, of only speaking for oneself. She argues that the idea that one can only speak for oneself not only reinforces Western liberal fantasies that each individual somehow consists of a separate little world, unattached to others; she also says that the belief that one can only speak for oneself constitutes an attempt to thwart criticism and accountability, and is, at heart, a delusional and dishonest disavowal of power.
I think Cavell's emphasis on "the first person voice" or "speaking for oneself" represents the most honest way of doing philosophy since this idea acknowledges that doing philosophy cannot pretend to speak for all men; it would be a big lie if philosophy pretends to do so.
"Speaking for oneself" is a relatively new concept in research and such subjective approaches have been historically discredited and marginalized in academia.