Presenting Women PhilosophersCecile Thérèse Tougas, Sara Ebenreck Western philosophy has long excluded the work of women thinkers from their canon. Presenting Women Philosophers addresses this exclusion by examining the breadth of women's contributions to Western thought over some 900 years. Editors Cecile T. Tougas and Sara Ebenreck have gathered essays and other writings that reflect women's deep engagement with the meaning of individual experience as well as the continuity of their philosophical concerns and practices. Arranged thematically, the collection ranges across eras and literary genres as it emphasizes the intellectual significance of written work by key figures--for example, Hildegard of Bingen's visionary writings, Iris Murdoch's fiction, Hannah Arendt's historical narratives, and the oral storytelling in black women's literary tradition. The collection also brings to light the philosophical importance of little-known work by such writers as Mme de Sabl and Mme de Condorcet. This wide-ranging collection offers non-philosophers an introduction to women's thought but also promises to engage advanced students of philosophy with new research on unrecognized contributions. Author note: Cecile T. Tougas, formerly an Assistant Professor of Philosophy, is a teacher of Latin and Algebra at Ben Franklin Academy in Atlanta. Sara Ebenreck is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at St. Mary's College of Maryland. |
Contents
Sara Ebenreck | 3 |
Sara Ebenreck | 27 |
Marilyn Fischer | 51 |
Making | 71 |
Elizabeth K Minnich | 81 |
Shari StoneMediatore | 91 |
Sara Ebenreck | 105 |
Cecile T Tougas | 113 |
Jo Ellen Jacobs | 155 |
Veda A CobbStevens | 167 |
Cecile T Tougas | 175 |
Cecile T Tougas | 181 |
Tracy Adams | 187 |
John J Conley | 201 |
Karin Brown | 225 |
Patricia J OConnor | 239 |
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