Methodological reflections on women's contribution and influence in the history of philosophy. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir, Ruth Edith Hagengruber, editors.
• Other Names: Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir, 1958-; Hagengruber, Ruth Edith
• Contents: Introduction: Methodological Reflections on Women's Contribution and Influence in the History of Philosophy -- Part I Methodology -- Part II Rewriting the History -- Part III Reflecting the Content -- References -- Contents -- Part I Methodology -- 1 Sex, Lies, and Bigotry: The Canon of Philosophy -- 1.1 What Does It Mean for Our Understanding of the History of Philosophy that Women Philosophers Have Been Left Out and Are Now Being Retrieved? -- 1.2 What Kind of a Methodology of the History of Philosophy Does the Retrieval of Women Philosophers Imply? 1.3 Whether and How Excluded Women Philosophers Have Been Included in Philosophy -- 1.4 Whether and How Feminist Philosophy and the History of Women Philosophers are Related -- 1.5 Are There Any Themes or Arguments that Are Common to Many Women Philosophers? -- 1.6 Does the Inclusion of Women in TC Require a Reconfiguration of Philosophical Inquiry? -- References -- 2 The Recognition Project: Feminist History of Philosophy -- 2.1 Introduction: Why Does the History of Philosophy Matter to Feminist Philosophy? -- 2.2 Feminist History of Philosophy -- 2.3 The Recognition Project 2.4 Revisions to the History of Philosophy: Beyond Contextualism -- 2.5 Appropriation, Critique, and Recognition -- 2.6 Conclusion: No More Disappearing Ink -- References -- 3 "Context" and "Fortuna" in the History of Women Philosophers: A Diachronic Perspective -- 3.1 Fortuna and the Female Philosopher -- 3.2 A Lesson from Mary Hays -- References -- 4 The Stolen History-Retrieving the History of Women Philosophers and its Methodical Implications -- 4.1 Rewriting the History of Philosophy -- 4.2 Cornerstones of Another History of Philosophy -- 4.3 Criteria of a Newly Organized Canon 4.4 Not a Gender Narrative: The History of Women Philosophers -- 4.5 Deconstructing Narratives -- 4.6 Universal Claims Versus Gendered Interests -- 4.7 The History of Philosophy-Instrument of Critical Revision -- References -- Part II Rewriting the History -- 5 The Goddess and Diotima: Their Role in Parmenides' Poem and Plato's Symposium -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Role of the Goddess and Other Female Characters in Parmenides' Poem -- 5.3 The Role of Diotima in Plato's Symposium -- 5.4 Conclusion -- References 6 The Torn Robe of Philosophy: Philosophy as a Woman in The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The No-Place of Woman in Philosophy -- 6.3 The Torn Robe and the History of Philosophy -- 6.4 Christine de Pizan and Lady Reason -- 6.5 Reason and Emotion: From a Disembodied to an Embodied Philosophy -- 6.6 Descending into the Body -- 6.7 Philosophy and Sexual Difference -- References -- 7 A Journey of Transformative Living: A Female Daoist Reflection -- 7.1 Lavish Discussions of Mysterious Efficacy (bumiao): The World as a Waterfall -- 7.2 Lively Sayings (koujue): Knowing the World "Through the Handle of Life".
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (202 pages)
• Subjects: 190.82; Women philosophers -- History; Women philosophers; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030444211
• Related ISBNs: 303044421X; 9783030444204; 3030444201
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