| Chapter Author(s) | Eileen O’Neill |
| Book/Edited Volume Title | Philosophy in a Feminist Voice: Critiques and Reconstructions |
| Editor(s) | Janet A. Kourany |
| Pages | 17-62 |
| Abstract | This article examines the contributions of early modern European women philosophers and scholars to debates in various areas of philosophy during the 17th and 18th centuries. It discusses how, despite their relative non-exclusion and recognition at the time, these women’s writings and ideas have largely disappeared from philosophical memory. Reasons suggested for this disappearance include the subsequent rejection of some of the theoretical frameworks and motivations underlying their arguments, associations between feminine gender and non-preeminent philosophical styles and epistemes, as well as social upheavals surrounding the French Revolution. The article concludes by arguing that incorporating forgotten women philosophers into revised histories of early modern philosophy, in light of current philosophical interests recovering their work, could help remedy their erasure from the discipline’s historical record. This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work. |
| Keywords | history of philosophy, women philosophers, early modern philosophy, feminist philosophy, historical memory This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work. |
| Date Published | January 18, 1998 |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| DOI | http://10.1515/9781400822324.17 |
| ISBN | 9780691019369 |
| Open Access? | No |
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