| Author(s) | Diana Tietjens Meyers |
| Journal | Hypatia |
| Abstract | This introduction discusses four papers on the issue of women’s underrepresentation and marginalization in academic philosophy. It identifies several common themes across the papers, including the role of cognitive biases and distortions in dismissing women’s philosophical work, narrow conceptions of philosophy that exclude feminist approaches, and the lower status accorded to applied or “non-ideal” theory dealing with gender and social identity. The papers collectively argue such factors perpetuate structures and practices that limit women’s participation and advancement in philosophy. Additional controversies raised include whether women and disadvantaged groups have less susceptibility to dominant ideological schemas, the degree of culpability of those perpetuating exclusionary systems, debates over reconstructing historical feminist ideas or texts, and defining feminist philosophy as either a distinct kind of philosophy or an ethical-political commitment within existing approaches. Resolving these issues can contribute to ending the alienation of women and minorities in the field. This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work and reviewed by the author. |
| Keywords | women in philosophy, feminist philosophy, philosophy careers, discrimination, identity, ideology This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work and reviewed by the author. |
| Date Published | Summer 2005 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 149-152 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2005.tb00491.x |
| Google Scholar Link | https://scholar.google.ca/scholar?cluster=2914554121788643601&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 |
| Open Access? | No |
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