Female philosophers.

TheMadFool February 22, 2021 at 05:39 #502005 0 likes

I know the feminist "awakening" that has taken place over time has been lamenting the conspicuous absence of women in the scientific, philosophical and other intellectual fields for quite some time I believe.

I don't want to say this but those who take this route to girl power are sorely mistaken and if it reveals anything it must be that feminists, if I can call them that, are suffering from a very bad case of psychotic delusion. Why? One question: does the mind have gender?

Perhaps I'm deluded. God knows.

fishfry February 22, 2021 at 05:44 #502006 0 likes

Quoting TiredThinker

Are there many female philosophers or is it more of a "good old boys" club?

Penelope Maddy is the foremost philosopher of set theory. Patrica Churchland is another name I happen to know. Luce Irigaray is a famous feminist philosopher. There are many others, these are just three off the top of my head.

Outlander February 22, 2021 at 05:54 #502008 0 likes

We work for the same reason we think, with the belief, if not latent hope, that we'll end up having to do much less of it in the future. You can expand on that as you may.

SophistiCat February 22, 2021 at 08:56 #502061 0 likes

Reply to TiredThinker
Original and significant female philosophers?
Are There Female Philosophers?

These past topics should have popped up when you were typing in the title.

Elegans February 22, 2021 at 11:02 #502071 0 likes

For example Hanna Arendt is one

Ansiktsburk February 22, 2021 at 11:20 #502073 0 likes

Quite a few in my home country, Åsa Wikforss probably the most known outside the academies.

TiredThinker February 23, 2021 at 01:49 #502243 0 likes

I don't specifically mean feminist female philosophers. Just in general. Would it be said there are maybe 20% or less of all philosophers are female?

Pierre-Normand February 23, 2021 at 03:12 #502259 0 likes

Some of my favorite philosophers, of any gender, are Elizabeth Anscombe, Sabina Lovibond, Jennifer Hornsby, Sarah Broadie, Susan Hurley, Ruth Groff, Karen Crowther and Victoria McGeer.

Nikolas February 23, 2021 at 05:10 #502301 0 likes

Simone Weil. The patron saint of outsiders

Deleteduserrc February 23, 2021 at 05:55 #502310 0 likes

Quoting Nikolas

Simone Weil. The patron saint of outsiders

Seconded

Wayfarer February 23, 2021 at 06:25 #502313 0 likes

Just discovered Michela Massimi https://www.michelamassimi.com/bio/

TiredThinker February 25, 2021 at 01:16 #502833 0 likes

I don't mean famous well known philosophers. Just overall gender disparity among professional philosophers.

TheMadFool February 25, 2021 at 09:26 #502948 0 likes

Judith N Shklar kind courtesy of @Banno. Only a woman's heart could've penetrated the dense fog of male power struggles to see what's really going on underneath the hood of patriarchical societies where the Devil's work is done in the name of God. :joke:

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