Eight Women Philosophers

by Duran, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780252072659
• ISBN10: 0252072650
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-27
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

Spanning over nine hundred years, Eight Women Philosophers is the first singly-authored work to trace the themes of standard philosophical theorizing and feminist thought across women philosophers in the Western tradition. Jane Duran has crafted a comprehensive overview of eight women philosophers--Hildegard of Bingen, Anne Conway, Mary Astell, Mary Wollstonecraft, Harriet Taylor Mill, Edith Stein, Simone Weil, and Simone de Beauvoir--that underscores the profound and continuing significance of these thinkers for contemporary scholars.Duran devotes one chapter to each philosopher and provides a sustained critical analysis of her work, utilizing aspects of Continental theory, poststructuralist theory, and literary theory. She situates each philosopher within her respective era and in relation to her intellectual contemporaries, and specifically addresses the contributions each has made to major areas such as metaphysics/epistemology, theory of value, and feminist theory. She affirms the viability and importance of recovering these women's overlooked work and provides a powerful answer to the question of why the rubric "women philosophers" remains so valuable.

Author Biography

Jane Duran is Fellow in Philosophy and Lecturer in the Humanities at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(18)
Part 1. Early Women Philosophers	19	(116)
Hildegard of Bingen	21	(28)
Anne Conway	49	(28)
Mary Astell	77	(29)
Mary Wollstonecraft	106	(29)
Part 2. Later Women Philosophers	135	(116)
Harriet Taylor Mill	137	(28)
Edith Stein	165	(29)
Simone Weil	194	(28)
Simone de Beauvoir	222	(29)
Conclusion	251	(18)
Notes	269	(26)
Index	295