Philosophy

lounge_jam

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30. Here's seven

Fri Aug 2, 2019, 03:41 AM

Aug 2019

Although this is an old thread, and many names have been mentioned here, I'd like to add to this list.

Hannah Arendt, Veena Das, Sara Ahmed, de Beauvoir, Ayn Rand, Simone Weil, Martha Nussbaum

I don't think "women's 'minds are not adapted to the higher sciences, philosophy, or certain of the arts.' Perhaps women are turned off by philosophy's confrontational style. Perhaps women are more inclined toward careers with practical applications." That is essentialism of the crassest order. That this was said by the great old Hegel does not in any way lend credibility to this.

A Room of One's Own by Woolf is particularly relevant in this context. Women have been under-represented everywhere. And women are never "not working." Their domestic chores keep the political economy running.

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Name Five Women In Philosophy. Bet You Can't. [View all] rug Jun 2013 OP

Dorothy Parker, Joan Baez, Maya Angelou, Angela Davis, Harper Lee. Scuba Jun 2013 #1

Show off. rug Jun 2013 #2

Are you sure you have any proof? xtraxritical Jun 2013 #3

Of course. rug Jun 2013 #4

Iris Marion Young ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #5

It was my honor to know Iris NoRWNJ Jul 2014 #19

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What do the letters at the end mean? rug Jun 2013 #7

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Argh! Luce Irigaray should have been off the top of my head ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #9

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I started to read "The Virtue of Selfishness" Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2013 #12

OH Sweeney Nov 2014 #28

I don't think the bias is in philosophy. It's within societies. delrem Aug 2013 #11

Martha Nussbaum Htom Sirveaux Jan 2014 #13

Women in philosophy CloptonHavers Feb 2014 #14

That's 5 but they've all been dead longer than I've been alive. Chan790 Jun 2014 #15

A good list. Sweeney Nov 2014 #21

Patricia Churchland, Susan Blackmore, Rebecca Goldstein, Susan Haack, and Giovanna Borradori. - n/t Jim__ Jun 2014 #16

Sure, but it took you a year. rug Jun 2014 #17

:) Jim__ Jun 2014 #18

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Let's ask Pascal. rug Nov 2014 #23

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That is as sexist as it is melodramatic. rug Nov 2014 #24

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And then, there's Sarah Palin. rug Nov 2014 #26

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Susan Wolf, Valerie Tiberius, Simone Weil, Martha Nussbaum Stargleamer Jul 2019 #29

Here's seven lounge_jam Aug 2019 #30

There's no limit here on reviving old threads. defacto7 Oct 2019 #31