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A discussion of the status of work on the history of women in philosophy and an introduction to the special issue of HYPATIA on the history of women in philosophy.

ISSN:0887-5367    

DOI:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1989.tb00863.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

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The torture killing of the noted phibsopher Hypatia by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415 AD marks the end of a time when women were still appreciated for the brain under their hair.

ISSN:0887-5367    

DOI:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1989.tb00864.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

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In the Renaissance, educating for philosophy was integrated with educating for an active role in society, and both were conditioned by the prevailing educational theo‐ries based on humanist revisions of the trivium. I argue that women's education in the Renaissance remained tied to grammar while the education of men was directed toward action through eloquence. This is both a result of and a condition for the greater restriction on the social opportunities for wome

ISSN:0887-5367    

DOI:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1989.tb00865.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

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This article introduces three princesses: Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia (1618–1680); her sister, Princess Sophie who became the Electress of Hanover (1630–1714); and Sophie's daughter, Sophie Charlotte, who became the first Queen of Prussia (1668–1705). After summarizing their common family background, the article presents, for each in turn, her biography and a discussion of her relation to philosophy. In each case their philosophical involvement stems from their friendships with the leading philosophers of their day; Princess Elizabeth was a friend of Descartes while the Electress Sophie and Sophie Charlotte were friends of Leibniz. The article concludes that anyone who has made the acquaintance of the three princesses and has studied their interaction with their philosopher‐friends will always see them as part of the history of modem phi

ISSN:0887-5367    

DOI:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1989.tb00866.x

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年代:1989

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The work of Spinoza, Descartes and Leibniz is cited in an attempt to develop, both expositorily and critically, the philosophy of Anne Viscountess Conway. Broadly, it is contended that Conway's metaphysics, epistemology and account of the passions not only bear intriguing comparison with the work of the other well‐known rationalists, but supersede them in some ways, particularly insofar as the notions of substance and ontological hierarchy are concerned. Citing the commentary of Loptson and Carolyn Merchant, and alluding to other commentary on the Cambridge Platonists whose work was done in tandem with Conway's, it is contended that Conway's conception of the “monad” preceded and influenced Leibniz's, and that her monistic vitalism was in many respects a superior metaphysics to the Cartesian system. It is concluded that we owe Conway more attention and celebration than she has thus far rec

ISSN:0887-5367    

DOI:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1989.tb00867.x

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年代:1989

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The daughter of Ralph Cudworth, and friend of John Locke, Damaris Masham was also a philosopher in her own right. She published two, philosophical books,A Discourse Concerning the Love of GodandOccasional Thoughts In Reference to a Virtuous and Christian Life.Her primary purpose was to refute John Norris’ Malebranchian doctrine that we ought to love only God because only God can give us pleasure, and his criticism of Locke. In addition, she argues for greater educational opportunities for women, and an end to the double standard in sexual morality. Recent feminist literature has suggested that women and men may take different ethical and epistemological stands based on differences between the ‘female experience’, and the ‘male experience’. While leaving aside questions pertaining to the accuracy of these suggestions, this paper discusses some aspects of Mash’ am's thought which might be considered representative of the ‘femal

ISSN:0887-5367    

DOI:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1989.tb00868.x

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年代:1989

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This essay examines the life and work of early socialist thinker Anna Doyle Wheeler, who, with the Owenite theorist William Thompson, was author of The Appeal of One Half the Human Race, Women, Against the Pretentions of the Other Half, Men … (1825). In analyzing her thought, I employ a typological model for the development of a feminist consciousness proposed by Michèle Riot‐Sarcey and Eleni Varikas (1986). These authors posit three types of a feminist “pariah” consciousness: 1)exceptional woman feminism 2) subversive feminism, and 3) collective feminism.Within this framework Anna Wheeler falls between positions one and two; she was an exceptional or token woman who nevertheless advocated subversive feminist doctrines of radical change, including calls for collective female action (in which she nonetheless did not participate). The essay ends with a discussion of Wheeler's relationship to William Thompson as example of woman's traditional access to philosophy, that is, through a mal

ISSN:0887-5367    

DOI:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1989.tb00869.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

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This paper examines Charlotte Perkins Gilman's connection with the evolutionist ideas of late nineteenth century Reform Darwinism. It focuses on the assumptions that her language and use of metaphor reveal, and upon her vision of human social evolution as a meUoristic process through which the equality of the sexes must finally emerge.

ISSN:0887-5367    

DOI:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1989.tb00870.x

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年代:1989

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Edith Stein, Husserl's brilliant student and assistant, devoted ten years of her life to teaching in a girls’ secondary school, during which time she gave a series of lectures on educational reform and the appropriate education to be provided to girls. She grounds her answer to these questions in a philosophical account of the nature of woman. She argues that men and women share some universally human character’ istics, but that they have separate and distinct natures. Her awareness of the rich variety of different personality types and specific differences among individuals allows her to hold an essentialist view of the nature of woman without either stereotyping individual women or assuming that woman's nature is in any way inferior to ma

ISSN:0887-5367    

DOI:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1989.tb00871.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

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Courses in the history of philosophy which exclude contributions made by women cannot legitimately claim to teach this history. This is true, not merely because those histories are incomplete, but rather because they give a biased account. 1 sketch the difficulties thus posed for the profession, and offer suggestions for developing a less biased, more accurate understanding of the history of philosophy.

ISSN:0887-5367    

DOI:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1989.tb00872.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY