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Unconventional History of Western Philosophy Conversations Between Men and Women Philosophers

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ISBN-10: 0742559246

ISBN-13: 9780742559240

Edition: 2008

Authors: Karen J. Warren, Vicki Harper, Jo Ellen Jacobs, Joy Laine, Kate Lindemann

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List price: $81.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/16/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 572
Size: 6.75" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English

Jo Ellen Jacobs, Professor of Philosophy at Millikin University, is editor of The Complete Works of Harriet Taylor Mill (Indiana University Press 1998) and author of numerous articles on HTM in Presenting Women Philosophers, Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers, and Hypatia's Daughters.

Foreword: Including Women in "Ancient and Medieval Philosophies"
Preface
Lead Essay: 2,600 Years of the History of Western Philosophy Without Women: This Book as a Unique, Gender-Inclusive Alternative
Plato and Diotima
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Plato and Speech Attributed to Diotima
Diotima and Plato: On Love, Desire, and Wisdom
Aristotle and the Late Pythagorean Women Periktione and Theano
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Aristotle and the Late Pythagorean Women
The Late Pythagorean Women and Aristotle: Contextual Ethics
Augustine and Hildegard
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Augustine and Hildegard
Hildegard of Bingen and Augustine of Hippo: A Conversation Across Centuries
Abelard and Heloise
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Abelard and Heloise
Heloise and Abelard: Love, Sex, and Morality
Descartes and Elisabeth
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings from the Correspondence of Descartes and Elisabeth
Princess Elisabeth and Descartes: A Philosophical Correspondence
Hobbes and Macaulay
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Hobbes and Macaulay
Macaulay and Hobbes: Citizens and Subjects
Locke and Masham
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Locke and Masham
Masham and Locke: Reason, Religion, and Education
Leibniz and Conway
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Leibniz and Conway
Conway and Leibniz: The Ideal and the Real
Rousseau and Wollstonecraft
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Rousseau and Wollstonecraft
Wollstonecraft and Rousseau: Philosophers of Controversy
Kant and van Schurman
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Kant and van Schurman
van Schurman and Kant: Logic in The Learned Maid; Thinking in Critique of Pure Reason
Mill and Taylor
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Mill and Taylor
Taylor and Mill: Joining Forces to Contest the Subordination of Women
Heidegger and Arendt
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Heidegger and Arendt
Arendt and Heidegger: The Life of the Mind, the Life of Action
Dewey and Addams
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Dewey and Addams
Addams and Dewey: Pragmatism, Expression, and Community
Wittgenstein and Anscombe
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Wittgenstein and Anscombe
Anscombe and Wiggenstein: A Public Voice for Philosophy
Sartre and Beauvoir
Introduction
Excerpts of Writings by Sartre and Beauvoir
Beauvoir and Sartre: The Problem of the Other
Some Women Philosophers
2,600 Years of Gender-Exclusive Philosophy: Enough is Enough! A Student Perspective by the Book's Research Assistant
Glossary
About the Contributors