Women philosophers : genre and the boundaries of philosophy / by Catherine Villanueva Gardner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardner, Catherine Villanueva, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Summary:

Long considered ?non-philosophical,? the letters and novels of women like Catharine Macaulay, Mary Wollstonecraft, and George Eliot have often been omitted from the canon of the Western philosophical tradition. This unfortunate omission is corrected here through Catherine Villanueva Gardner's thorough discussion of the philosophical importance of their work. Gardner also looks carefully at why letters and novels have been considered this way since they are so prevalent in the work of women in general. Gardner argues that the devaluation or exclusion of certain forms of writing is connected to the biases that underpin the Western ethical tradition. This book is critical reading for courses in introductory philosophy and women's studies.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction

chapter 2 Catharine Macaulay's Letters on Education: What Constitutes a Philosophical System

chapter 3 Allegory and Moral Philosophy in Christine de Pisan's The Book of the City of Ladies

chapter 4 Mary Wollstonecraft and the Separation of Poetry and Politics

chapter 5 George Eliot and How to Read Novels as Philosophy

chapter 6 Knowing and Speaking of Divine Love: Mechthild of Magdeburg

chapter 7 Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-98263-1

0-429-50300-8

0-429-97155-9

9780429503009

OCLC:

1035762815