Are there any important female philosophers in history?

Started by MadImmortalMan, September 09, 2014, 04:24:49 AM

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MadImmortalMan

September 09, 2014, 04:24:49 AM
Just what it says.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_women_philosophers

The only one I recognize is Ayn Rand and that's not really what I'm looking for.
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Eddie Teach

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September 09, 2014, 04:39:46 AM
Ada Lovelace maybe.
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Maladict

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September 09, 2014, 04:47:19 AM
Hannah Arendt and Simone de Beauvoir are very well known. Mme de Stael too, maybe not so much as a philosopher.

And Hypatia, but primarily because of her death.

Legbiter

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September 09, 2014, 07:33:34 AM
Important, no.
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Martinus

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September 09, 2014, 07:39:46 AM
Hildegard von Bingen

grumbler

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September 09, 2014, 08:06:20 AM
Quote from: Legbiter on September 09, 2014, 07:33:34 AM
Important, no.

Yeah.  "Important" and "philosopher" rarely belong in the same sentence.
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September 09, 2014, 09:28:17 AM
There are plenty of modern ones.  Susan Haack, who is on the list, is one.  So was Judith Shklar who for some reason isn't on that list,
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Ed Anger

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September 09, 2014, 09:32:56 AM
LOL, women.
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The Brain

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September 09, 2014, 09:40:35 AM
Important female philosophers? Not that I know of.
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Razgovory

#9
September 09, 2014, 12:45:35 PM
St. Hildegard was famous.  Here's a drawing of her being devoured by a Shoggoth


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Malthus

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September 09, 2014, 01:54:32 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 09, 2014, 12:45:35 PM
St. Hildegard was famous.  Here's a drawing of her being devoured by a Shoggoth


:lol:
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Caliga

#11
September 09, 2014, 02:02:47 PM
Did that really happen.
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Eddie Teach

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September 09, 2014, 02:05:21 PM
you think a medieval painter would lie about something like that
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The Brain

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September 09, 2014, 02:20:10 PM
Pic or it didn't happen.
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grumbler

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September 09, 2014, 03:02:57 PM
Quote from: The Brain on September 09, 2014, 02:20:10 PM
Pic or it didn't happen.
Too late, and we will never be able to wash that image from our minds!
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

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