Feminist Reflections on the History of Philosophy

Feminist work in the history of philosophy has come of age as an innovative field in the history of philosophy. This volume marks that accomplishment with original essays by leading feminist scholars who ask basic questions: What is distinctive of feminist work in the history of philosophy? Is there...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Alanen, Lilli (Editor), Witt, Charlotte (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2004, 2004
Edition:1st ed. 2004
Series:The New Synthese Historical Library, Texts and Studies in the History of Philosophy
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Feminist History of Philosophy
  • Identity and Gender in Plato
  • Schemes and Scenes of Reading the Timaeus
  • Nietzsche’s Feminization of Metaphysics and Its Significance for Theories of Gender Difference
  • Psychologizing Cartesian Doubt Feminist Reading Strategies and the “Unthought” of Philosophy
  • Feminist Rationality Debates Rereading Kant
  • Form, Normativity and Gender in Aristotle A Feminist Perspective
  • The Soul-Body Union and Sexual Difference from Descartes to Merleau-Ponty and Beauvoir
  • The Psychology of Philosophy Interpreting Locke and Hume
  • Hume as Man of Reason and Woman’s Philosopher
  • Descartes and Elisabeth A Philosophical Dialogue?
  • Some Thoughts on the Place of Women in Early Modern Philosophy