A History of Women Philosophers

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xlii

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2. Victoria, Lady Welby (1837–1912)

   • William Andrew Myers

   Pages 1-24

3. E. E. Constance Jones (1848–1922)

   • Mary Ellen Waithe, Samantha Cicero

   Pages 25-49

4. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)

   • Julien S. Murphy

   Pages 51-68

5. Lou Salomé (1861–1937)

   • Sandra A. Wawrytko

   Pages 69-102

6. Mary Whiton Calkins (1863–1930)

   • Beatrice H. Zedler

   Pages 103-123

7. L. Susan Stebbing (1885–1943)

   • Morgan Grayce Willow

   Pages 125-155

8. Edith Stein (1891–1942)

   • Mary Catherine Baseheart, Linda Lopez McAlister, Waltraut Stein

   Pages 157-187

9. Gerda Walther (1897–1977)

   • Linda Lopez McAlister

   Pages 189-206

10. Ayn Rand (1905–1982)

    • Jenny A. Heyl

    Pages 207-224

11. Cornelia Johanna De Vogel (1905–1986)

    • Th. G. Sinnige

    Pages 225-242

12. Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)

    • Mary Ellen Waithe

    Pages 243-259

13. Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986)

    • Jeffner Allen, Jo-Ann Pilardi

    Pages 261-286

14. Simone Weil (1909–1943)

    • Kate Lindemann

    Pages 287-297

15. Twentieth Century Women Philosophers

    • Mary Ellen Waithe

    Pages 299-380

16. Back Matter

    Pages 381-471

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Like their predecessors, and like their male counterparts, most women philosophers of the 20th century have significant expertise in several specialities. Moreover, their work represents the gamut of 20th century philosophy's interests in moral pragmatism, logical positivism, philosophy of mathematics, of psychology, and of mind. Their writings include feminist philosophy, classical moral theory reevaluated in light of Kant, Mill, and the 19th century feminist and abolitionist movements, and issues in logic and perception. Included in the fourth volume of the series are discussions of L. Susan Stebbing, Edith Stein, Hedwig Conrad Martius, Simone de Beauvoir, Simone Weil, Mary Whiton Calkins, Gerda Walther, and others. While pre-20th century women philosophers were usually self-educated, those of the 20th century had greater access to academic preparation in philosophy. Yet, for all the advances made by women philosophers over two and a half millennia, the philosophers discussed in this volume were sometimes excluded from full participation in academic life, and sometimes denied full professional academic status.

• 20th century
• Cicero
• Hannah Arendt
• Kant
• logic
• mind
• psychology

• Cleveland State University, Cleveland, USA

  Mary Ellen Waithe

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