| Periodical Title | The Times Literary Supplement |
| Author(s) | David Papineau |
| Abstract | This article examines the reasons behind the underrepresentation of women in academic philosophy. It explores various potential factors, including historical discrimination, implicit bias in hiring practices, philosophy’s adversarial debating culture, an overemphasis on “brilliance” rather than diligence, and excessive scholasticism focusing on technical minutiae. The author considers arguments for explicitly reforming the curriculum to attract more women, but ultimately concludes the decision of which topics merit philosophical attention should come first. Steps should be taken to address clear issues like incivility and bias. However, gender parity should not be an end in itself, and the numbers should be allowed to naturally fall where they may once structural barriers are removed. Regardless, the author predicts the field will likely feminize over time, as medicine and other once male-dominated professions have done. This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work and reviewed by the author. |
| Pages | 3-5 |
| Issue | 5859 |
| Keywords | philosophy, women in academia, gender representation, discrimination, implicit bias, adversarial culture, scholasticism, curriculum reform This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work and reviewed by the author. |
| Date Published | July 17, 2015 |
| ISBN/ISSN | 978 0 19 932562 7 |
| URL | https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA639761459&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=0307661X&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E51440d80 |
| Open Access? | No |
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