An Unconventional History of Western Philosophy (eBook, ePUB)

Conversations Between Men and Women Philosophers
Redaktion: Warren, Karen J.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Gender scholarship during the last four decades has shown that the exclusion of women's voices and perspectives has diminished academic disciplines in important ways. Traditional scholarship in philosophy is no different. The 'recovery project' in philosophy is engaged in re-discovering the names, lives, texts, and perspectives of women philosophers from the 6th Century BCE to the present. Karen Warren brings together 16 colleagues for a unique, groundbreaking study of Western philosophy which combines pairs of leading men and women philosophers over the past 2600 years, acknowledging and evaluating their contributions to foundational themes in philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics. Introductory essays, primary source readings, and commentaries comprise each chapter to offer a rich and accessible introduction to and evaluation of these vital philosophical contributions. A helpful appendix canvasses an extraordinary number of women philosophers for further discovery and study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 572
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780742564602
• Artikelnr.: 38217018

Autorenporträt

Karen J. Warren is professor of philosophy at Macalester College. She is a pioneer in ecofeminist philosophy and is the author of Ecofeminist Philosophy: A Western Perspective on What It is and Why It Matters.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Foreword: Including Women in "Ancient and Medieval Philosophies"
Chapter 3 Lead Essay: "2600 Years of the History of Western Philosophy
Without Women: This Book as a Unique, Gender Inclusive Alternative"
Part 4 Chapter One: Plato and Diotima
Chapter 5 Introduction
Chapter 6 Selections from Plato (Excerpts from the Symposium and the
Phaedrus)
Chapter 7 Selection from Diotima (Excerpts from the Symposium)
Chapter 8 Commentary
Part 9 Chapter Two: Aristotle and Late Pythagorean Women
Chapter 10 Introduction
Chapter 11 Selections from Aristotle (Excerpts from Nicomachean Ethics,
Metaphysics)
Chapter 12 Selection from Late Pythagorean Women (Excerpts from Letters
from "Theano to Euboule," "Theano to Kallisto," "Theano to Nikostrate;" and
Periktione's, "On the Harmony of Women;" Porphyry, Life of Pythagoras)
Chapter 13 Commentary
Part 14 Chapter Three: Augustine and Hildegard
Chapter 15 Introduction
Chapter 16 Selections from St. Augustine (Excerpts from Confessions,
Literal Commentary on Genesis, and Trinity)
Chapter 17 Selections from Hildegard (Excerpts from Scivias, Book of Divine
Works, Hildegard ofBingen: Mystical Writings)
Chapter 18 Commentary
Part 19 Chapter Four: Abelard and Heloise
Chapter 20 Introduction
Chapter 21 Selections from Abelard (Excerpts from The Lost Love Letters of
Heloise and Abelard, Historia Calamitatum, The Letters of Abelard and
Heloise)
Chapter 22 Selections from Heloise (Excerpts from The Lost Love Letters of
Heloise and Abelard, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise)
Chapter 23 Commentary
Part 24 Chapter Five: Descartes and Elisabeth
Chapter 25 Introduction
Chapter 26 Selection from Descartes (Excerpts from A Philosophical
Correspondence: ElisabethPrincess Palatine and Rene Descartes)
Chapter 27 Selection from Elisabeth (Excerpts from A Philosophical
Correspondence: Elisabeth Princess Palatine and Rene Descartes)
Chapter 28 Commentary
Part 29 Chapter Six: Hobbes and Macaulay
Chapter 30 Introduction
Chapter 31 Selection from Hobbes (Excerpts from Leviathan)
Chapter 32 Selections from Macaulay (Excerpts from Letters on Education)
Chapter 33 Commentary
Part 34 Chapter Seven: Locke and Masham
Chapter 35 Introduction
Chapter 36 Selection from Masham (Excerpts from Occasional Thoughts In
Reference to a Virtuous or Christian Life)
Chapter 37 Selection from Locke (Excerpts from An Essay Concerning Human
Understanding)
Chapter 38 Commentary
Part 39 Chapter Eight: Leibniz and Conway
Chapter 40 Introduction
Chapter 41 Selection from Leibniz (Excerpts from Monadology)
Chapter 42 Selections from Conway (Excerpts from Principles of the Most
Ancient and Modern Philosophy)
Chapter 43 Commentary
Part 44 Chapter Nine: Rousseau and Wollstonecraft
Chapter 45 Introduction
Chapter 46 Selections from Rousseau (Excerpts from Èmile and The Social
Contract)
Chapter 47 Selection from Wollstonecraft (Excerpts from A Vindication of
the Rights of Woman)
Chapter 48 Commentary
Part 50 Chapter Ten: Kant and Van Schurman
Chapter 51 Introduction
Chapter 52 Selection from Kant ("Introduction" to the Critique of Pure
Reason)
Chapter 53 Selection from van Schurman (Excerpts from The Learned Maid)
Chapter 54 Commentary
Part 55 Chapter Eleven: Mill and Taylor
Chapter 56 Introduction
Chapter 57 Selection from Mill (Excerpts from The Subjection of Women)
Chapter 58 Selection from Taylor (Excerpts from The Enfranchisement of
Women)
Chapter 59 Commentary
Part 60 Chapter Twelve: Heidegger and Arendt
Chapter 61 Introduction
Chapter 62 Selections from Heidegger (Excerpts from "Letter on Humanism")
Chapter 63 Selections from Arendt (Excerpts from "Thinking and Moral
Considerations: ALecture")
Chapter 64 Commentary
Part 65 Chapter Thirteen: Dewey and Addams
Chapter 66 Introduction
Chapter 67 Selections from Dewey (Excerpts from Theories of Knowledge and
Creative Democracy -The Task Before Us)
Chapter 68 Selections from Addams (Excerpts from "A Modern Lear" and
"Introduction" to Democracy and Social Ethics)
Chapter 69 Commentary
Part 70 Chapter Fourteen: Wittgenstein and Anscombe
Chapter 71 Selection from Wittgenstein (Excerpts from Philosophical
Investigations)
Chapter 72 Selection from Anscombe (Excerpts from Intention and "The
Justice of the Present War Examined')
Chapter 73 Commentary
Part 74 Chapter Fifteen: Sartre and Beauvoir
Chapter 75 Introduction
Chapter 76 Selection from Sartre (Excerpt from Being and Nothingness)
Chapter 77 Selection from Beauvoir (Excerpts from The Second Sex and She
Came to Stay)
Chapter 78 Commentary
Part 79 Glossary of Key Terms
Part 80 Appendix A: Some Women Philosophers in the History of Western
Philosophy
Part 81 Appendix B: "2600 Years of Gender Exclusive Philosophy: Enough is
Enough!A Student Perspective by the Book's Research Assistant"