Philosophy by Women: 22 Philosophers Reflect on Philosophy and Its Value

✍ Scribed by Elly Vintiadis (editor)

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 203
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

What is philosophy, why does it matter, and how would it be different if women wrote more of it? At a time when the importance of philosophy, and the humanities in general, is being questioned and at a time when the question of gender equality is a huge public question, 22 women in philosophy lay out in this book how they think of philosophy, what they actually do, and how that is applied to actual problems. By bringing together accounts of the personal experiences of women in philosophy, this book provides a new understanding of the ways in which the place of women in philosophy has changed in recent decades while also introducing the reader to the nature and the value of philosophy.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Thinking about Philosophy
1 Philosophy as a Means of Empowerment and Self-Advocacy
2 What Is Philosophy and Why Does It Matter?: A Situated, Pluralist, Social, Caring – and Perhaps Rebellious Response
3 Does Philosophy Progress?
4 Adventures in Philosophy
5 When Love Stinks, Call a Conceptual Plumber
6 Moving the Contexts of Philosophy
7 Philosophy, Comedy, and the Need for Good Material
8 Hypatia’s Gaze
9 Philosophy as a Helping Profession?
10 What Philosophy Is and What It Could Be
Part II: Doing and Valuing Philosophy
11 What Is the Philosophy of Cinema? An Alternative Reading
12 Becoming a Humbler Philosopher: My Life in Philosophy as a Woman
13 Philosopher Queens? The Wrong Question at the Wrong Time
14 How Can Philosophy of Language Help Us Navigate the Political News Cycle?
15 Philosophy as Work
16 Thinking-Emoting-Reflecting Beyond Love
17 On Doing Philosophy: Territory, Discipline and Practices
18 The History of Philosophy and Its Disappeared Women
19 Believing Is Seeing: Feminist Philosophy, Knowledge, and Perception
20 Philosophy Matters for Children, Children Matter for Philosophy
21 How Can a (Modern) Greek (Woman) Be a Philosopher?
Index

✦ Subjects

Philosophy