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Karen J. Warren is professor of philosophy at Macalester College. She is a pioneer in ecofeminist philosophy and is the author of Ecofeminist Philosophy: A Western Perspective on What It is and Why It Matters.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Foreword: Including Women in Ancient and Medieval Philosophies
Chapter 3 Lead Essay: 2600 Years of the History of Western Philosophy Without Women: This Book as a Unique, Gender Inclusive Alternative
Chapter 4
Chapter One: Plato and Diotima
Chapter 5 Introduction
Chapter 6 Selections from Plato (Excerpts from the Symposium and the Phaedrus)
Chapter 7 Selection from Diotima (Excerpts from the Symposium)
Chapter 8 Commentary
Chapter 9
Chapter Two: Aristotle and Late Pythagorean Women
Chapter 10 Introduction
Chapter 11 Selections from Aristotle (Excerpts from Nicomachean Ethics, Metaphysics)
Chapter 12 Selection from Late Pythagorean Women (Excerpts from Letters from Theano to Euboule, Theano to Kallisto, Theano to Nikostrate; and Periktione's, On the Harmony of Women; Porphyry, Life of Pythagoras)
Chapter 13 Commentary
Chapter 14
Chapter Three: Augustine and Hildegard
Chapter 15 Introduction
Chapter 16 Selections from St. Augustine (Excerpts from Confessions, Literal Commentary on Genesis, and Trinity)
Chapter 17 Selections from Hildegard (Excerpts from Scivias, Book of Divine Works, Hildegard ofBingen: Mystical Writings)
Chapter 18 Commentary
Chapter 19
Chapter Four: Abelard and Heloise
Chapter 20 Introduction
Chapter 21 Selections from Abelard (Excerpts from The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard, Historia Calamitatum, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise)
Chapter 22 Selections from Heloise (Excerpts from The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise)
Chapter 23 Commentary
Chapter 24
Chapter Five: Descartes and Elisabeth
Chapter 25 Introduction
Chapter 26 Selection from Descartes (Excerpts from A Philosophical Correspondence: ElisabethPrincess Palatine and Rene Descartes)
Chapter 27 Selection from Elisabeth (Excerpts from A Philosophical Correspondence: Elisabeth Princess Palatine and Rene Descartes)
Chapter 28 Commentary
Chapter 29
Chapter Six: Hobbes and Macaulay
Chapter 30 Introduction
Chapter 31 Selection from Hobbes (Excerpts from Leviathan)
Chapter 32 Selections from Macaulay (Excerpts from Letters on Education)
Chapter 33 Commentary
Chapter 34
Chapter Seven: Locke and Masham
Chapter 35 Introduction
Chapter 36 Selection from Masham (Excerpts from Occasional Thoughts In Reference to a Virtuous or Christian Life)
Chapter 37 Selection from Locke (Excerpts from An Essay Concerning Human Understanding)
Chapter 38 Commentary
Chapter 39
Chapter Eight: Leibniz and Conway
Chapter 40 Introduction
Chapter 41 Selection from Leibniz (Excerpts from Monadology)
Chapter 42 Selections from Conway (Excerpts from Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy)
Chapter 43 Commentary
Chapter 44
Chapter Nine: Rousseau and Wollstonecraft
Chapter 45 Introduction
Chapter 46 Selections from Rousseau (Excerpts from Èmile and The Social Contract)
Chapter 47 Selection from Wollstonecraft (Excerpts from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman)
Chapter 48 Commentary
Chapter 50
Chapter Ten: Kant and Van Schurman
Chapter 51 Introduction
Chapter 52 Selection from Kant (Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason)
Chapter 53 Selection from van Schurman (Excerpts from The Learned Maid)
Chapter 54 Commentary
Chapter 55
Chapter Eleven: Mill and Taylor
Chapter 56 Introduction
Chapter 57 Selection from Mill (Excerpts from The Subjection of Women)
Chapter 58 Selection from Taylor (Excerpts from The Enfranchisement of Women)
Chapter 59 Commentary
Chapter 60
Chapter Twelve: Heidegger and Arendt
Chapter 61 Introduction
Chapter 62 Selections from Heidegger (Excerpts from Letter on Humanism)
Chapter 63 Selections from Arendt (Excerpts from Thinking and Moral Considerations: ALecture)
Chapter 64 Commentary
Chapter 65
Chapter Thirteen: Dewey and Addams
Chapter 66 Introduction
Chapter 67 Selections from Dewey (Excerpts from Theories of Knowledge and Creative Democracy -The Task Before Us)
Chapter 68 Selections from Addams (Excerpts from A Modern Lear and Introduction to Democracy and Social Ethics)
Chapter 69 Commentary
Chapter 70
Chapter Fourteen: Wittgenstein and Anscombe
Chapter 71 Selection from Wittgenstein (Excerpts from Philosophical Investigations)
Chapter 72 Selection from Anscombe (Excerpts from Intention and The Justice of the Present War Examined')
Chapter 73 Commentary
Chapter 74
Chapter Fifteen: Sartre and Beauvoir
Chapter 75 Introduction
Chapter 76 Selection from Sartre (Excerpt from Being and Nothingness)
Chapter 77 Selection from Beauvoir (Excerpts from The Second Sex and She Came to Stay)
Chapter 78 Commentary
Chapter 79 Glossary of Key Terms
Chapter 80 Appendix A: Some Women Philosophers in the History of Western Philosophy
Chapter 81 Appendix B: 2600 Years of Gender Exclusive Philosophy: Enough is Enough!A Student Perspective by the Book's Research Assistant
This ground-breaking work has the potential to have a profoundly positive impact on philosophy as a discipline. Contemporary philosophers are nearly always engaged in dialogues with the past, and this book will help them to engage with female as well asmale historical figures. It will enhance our appreciation of women?s capacity for rigorous philosophical thought, enlarge our understanding of the parameters of philosophy itself, and promote a new perspective on the discipline as a co-operative, gender-inclusive enterprise. For the first time, teachers and students of philosophy are being offered a truly accurate and balanced introduction to the history of their subject...
— Jacqueline Broad
Karen Warren's anthology provides a unique opportunity to integrate women philosophers into the history of philosophy by setting individual women philosophers into conversation with the men who have previously constituted philosophy's history. The numerous supporting materials will make this collection especially useful, most notably the first rate commentaries that have been commissioned for this volume....
— Margaret Atherton
Finally all the makings of a student-friendly, fully gender-inclusive history of philosophy course?primary and secondary literature by men and women philosophers from the Greeks to the twentieth century?and all rolled into one attractive book.It's a pity we had to wait centuries for this book. Still, it was worth the wait....
— Janet Kourany
For those of us who were trained to teach the philosophical canon, this extraordinary anthology is both unsettling and liberating. It is unsettling because it provides the clearest possible challenge to the view that we can offer our students the best account of our discipline simply by adding a female voice to the traditional list of important male philosophers. It is liberating because, having decided that we need to teach our courses differently, this anthology makes truly inclusive teaching practical. In addition to pairing selections from female and male philosophers, the volume includes compelling introductory comments by Professor Warren, and a dream team of some of the most distinguished feminist commentators. A revolutionary book..
— Deane Curtin, Ph.D.
An Unconventional History of Western Philosophy is an extraordinary resource. This landmark study of the development of Western thought is an exceptionally thoughtful, well-organized, informative, and above all important book, which accomplishes what needed to be done decades ago, namely, to document the significant role played by women thinkers throughout the history of Western philosophy. Highly recommended for everyone interested in a deeper understanding of why we think the way we do....
— Michael E. Zimmerman, professor of philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder