| Author(s) | Hannah Marije Altorf |
| Journal | Think: Philosophy for Everyone |
| Thematic Cluster/Special Issue | Women in Philosophy |
| Abstract | If you ask people ‘What does a philosopher look like?’, their first response is often an image of an elderly man with a beard. This image can be explained by looking at philosophy’s history, which has been dominated by a very select group of men. Yet, in recent years it has become obvious that the history of philosophy is not as monochrome as is often assumed. In this article, I consider how the inclusion of different voices in the history of philosophy should impel us to rethink the ways in which the history of philosophy is told. |
| Keywords | women philosophers, philosophy canon, implicit bias, stereotype threat, history of philosophy, Christine de Pizan, philosophical inclusion, diversity in philosophy, historiography, epistemology, medieval philosophy, modern philosophy, feminist philosophy, philosophical methodology, canonical revision This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work. |
| Date Published | 2021 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 59 |
| Pages | 95-102 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477175621000233 |
| URL | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/think/article/what-does-a-philosopher-look-like-women-in-the-history-of-philosophy/975212DCA29EF491BD13E9ECC287218E |
| Google Scholar Link | https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=12314506439016542852&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 |
| Open Access? | No |
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