Are there any important female philosophers in history?

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

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Drakken

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September 09, 2014, 03:07:10 PM Last Edit: September 09, 2014, 03:09:26 PM by Drakken
Mary Wollstonecraft and Olympe de Gouges come to my mind.

grumbler

#16
September 09, 2014, 03:47:56 PM
Quote from: Drakken on September 09, 2014, 03:07:10 PM
Mary Wollstonecraft and Olympe de Gouges come to my mind.

They were political philosophers, but I don't know that they were of any particular importance (like almost every other philosopher).  Many of the positions de Gouges supported were adopted, if only briefly, during the Republic of Virtue, but she wasn't alone in arguing those positions and, since she was executed by the leaders of the Republic, it isn't likely that they were implementing her specific ideas.
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Siege

#17
September 09, 2014, 04:08:08 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on 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.

What kind of man is interested in a intellectual woman?
They are all fat, dress in odd manly style, don't wear make up, and don't work out.


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grumbler

#18
September 09, 2014, 04:20:13 PM
Quote from: Siege on September 09, 2014, 04:08:08 PM
What kind of man is interested in a intellectual woman?
They are all fat, dress in odd manly style, don't wear make up, and don't work out.
On the other hand, the women aren't all that hot, either.
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Sheilbh

#19
September 09, 2014, 04:21:32 PM
Arendt, Wollstonecraft, Sontag, Greer, de Beauvoir?
Let's bomb Russia!

PDH

#20
September 09, 2014, 08:06:29 PM
Hipparchia
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#21
September 09, 2014, 08:07:29 PM
Quote from: grumbler on September 09, 2014, 04:20:13 PM
Quote from: Siege on September 09, 2014, 04:08:08 PM
What kind of man is interested in a intellectual woman?
They are all fat, dress in odd manly style, don't wear make up, and don't work out.
On the other hand, the women aren't all that hot, either.

:D

Caliga

#22
September 10, 2014, 08:42:53 AM
Rosa Luxemburg? :hmm:
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derspiess

#23
September 10, 2014, 09:06:53 AM
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Caliga

#24
September 10, 2014, 09:19:37 AM
I'm not saying I agree with her, dude. :lol:
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#25
September 10, 2014, 09:23:23 AM
Philosophy is a highly academic discipline so exclusion from the  upper reached of the academy - is an effective exclusion from doing philosophy.  It is probable there were female philosophers in the school of Epicurus (since he taught all and had women disciples) but most of the works of that school were destroyed or suppressed so we don't have them anymore.  Same could be true of the Valentinians (Christian gnostics) who had women leaders and teachers but were utterly suppressed.
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derspiess

#26
September 10, 2014, 09:23:25 AM
Quote from: Caliga on September 10, 2014, 09:19:37 AM
I'm not saying I agree with her, dude. :lol:

No, I'm saying that's what she looked like.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Capetan Mihali

#27
September 10, 2014, 10:49:30 AM
For the continental team, Kristeva, Irigaray, Cixous, and Judith Butler all come to mind.
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#28
September 10, 2014, 12:57:18 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on September 10, 2014, 10:49:30 AM
For the continental team, Kristeva, Irigaray, Cixous, and Judith Butler all come to mind.

They most certainly do not!
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