Methodological reflections on women's contribution and influence in the history of philosophy / Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir, Ruth Edith Hagengruber, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir, 1958-

Hagengruber, Ruth Edith.

Series:

Women in the history of philosophy and sciences ; v. 3.

Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women philosophers--History.

Women philosophers.

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2020.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This book introduces methodological concepts aimed at including women in the canon of the history of philosophy. The history of women philosophers is as long and strong as the history of philosophy, and this holds true not only for the European tradition, as the research of women philosophers of the past shows. The phenomenon of ignoring and excluding women in 19th and 20th century views on the history of philosophy was a result of the patriarchal tradition that ostracized women in general. In this book, leading feminist philosophers discuss methodologies for including women thinkers in the canon and curricula of philosophy. How does the recovery of women thinkers and their philosophies change our view of the past, and how does a different view of the past affect us in the present? Studying a richer and more pluralistic history of philosophy presents us with worlds we have never entered and have never been able to approach. This book will appeal to philosophers and intellectual historians wanting to view the history of philosophy in a new light and who are in favor of an inclusive perspective on that history.

Contents:

Introduction: Methodological Reflections on Women's Contribution and Influence in the History of Philosophy

Part I Methodology

Part II Rewriting the History

Part III Reflecting the Content

References

Contents

1 Sex, Lies, and Bigotry: The Canon of Philosophy

1.1 What Does It Mean for Our Understanding of the History of Philosophy that Women Philosophers Have Been Left Out and Are Now Being Retrieved?

1.2 What Kind of a Methodology of the History of Philosophy Does the Retrieval of Women Philosophers Imply?

1.3 Whether and How Excluded Women Philosophers Have Been Included in Philosophy

1.4 Whether and How Feminist Philosophy and the History of Women Philosophers are Related

1.5 Are There Any Themes or Arguments that Are Common to Many Women Philosophers?

1.6 Does the Inclusion of Women in TC Require a Reconfiguration of Philosophical Inquiry?

2 The Recognition Project: Feminist History of Philosophy

2.1 Introduction: Why Does the History of Philosophy Matter to Feminist Philosophy?

2.2 Feminist History of Philosophy

2.3 The Recognition Project

2.4 Revisions to the History of Philosophy: Beyond Contextualism

2.5 Appropriation, Critique, and Recognition

2.6 Conclusion: No More Disappearing Ink

3 "Context" and "Fortuna" in the History of Women Philosophers: A Diachronic Perspective

3.1 Fortuna and the Female Philosopher

3.2 A Lesson from Mary Hays

4 The Stolen History-Retrieving the History of Women Philosophers and its Methodical Implications

4.1 Rewriting the History of Philosophy

4.2 Cornerstones of Another History of Philosophy

4.3 Criteria of a Newly Organized Canon

4.4 Not a Gender Narrative: The History of Women Philosophers

4.5 Deconstructing Narratives

4.6 Universal Claims Versus Gendered Interests

4.7 The History of Philosophy-Instrument of Critical Revision

5 The Goddess and Diotima: Their Role in Parmenides' Poem and Plato's Symposium

5.1 Introduction

5.2 The Role of the Goddess and Other Female Characters in Parmenides' Poem

5.3 The Role of Diotima in Plato's Symposium

5.4 Conclusion

References

6 The Torn Robe of Philosophy: Philosophy as a Woman in The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

6.1 Introduction

6.2 The No-Place of Woman in Philosophy

6.3 The Torn Robe and the History of Philosophy

6.4 Christine de Pizan and Lady Reason

6.5 Reason and Emotion: From a Disembodied to an Embodied Philosophy

6.6 Descending into the Body

6.7 Philosophy and Sexual Difference

7 A Journey of Transformative Living: A Female Daoist Reflection

7.1 Lavish Discussions of Mysterious Efficacy (bumiao): The World as a Waterfall

7.2 Lively Sayings (koujue): Knowing the World "Through the Handle of Life".

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Print version: Thorgeirsdottir, Sigridur. Methodological Reflections on Women's Contribution and Influence in the History of Philosophy.

ISBN:

9783030444211

303044421X

OCLC:

1175912470

Publisher Number:

10.1007/978-3-030-44

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