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.

ProQuest ebook central.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages).

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Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2020.

System Details:

text file

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

Publisher Number:

40030099363

10.1007/978-3-030-44

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