During the ancient times why were there no women philosophers or so it seems?

Answer 1

Themistoclea
Theano of Crotona
Dimotena of Matinea
Aspasia of Miletus
Hypatia of Alexandria

What do you mean there were no women philosophers in ancient times!

Answer 2

By saying "ancient times" i presume you're talking about ancient Greece, Rome, etc... It's actually a common misconception, the fact is that there were women philosophers, but since they weren't at the status needed for them to get any attention whatsoever they were easily ignored and left talking to themselves. Most philosophers at those times didn't even go to school, since philosophy was just beginning, just the act of thinking about something out of the ordinary, or simply pondering about things that were thought to be unusual for the common people and common conversations, made these people philosophers. The thing is that only some could afford to go to school and actually get an education on the subject, which is why Plato, Socrates etc... are known legends in philosophy today. But yes, there were women philosophers in those times, but due to cultural differences they were simply left in the shadows.

Answer 3

duh because it has taken this long for the world to realize the crap mentality of patriarchal religion and that women are equal if not better. Besides, they were too busy being goddesses, manipulating guys like Antony and the King of Egypt (re: Helen and Cleopatra) or Oracles and didn't have time to sit around conjecturing theory. We needed to be doing, not contemplating.

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A list of female philosophers, ordered alphabetically:

Marilyn McCord Adams, (born 1943) O
Linda Martin Alcoff
Alice Ambrose
Pamela Sue Anderson
Julia Annas
G. E. M. Anscombe, (1918-2001) C O R W
Hannah Arendt, (1906-1975) C O R W
Arete of Cyrene, (4th century B.C.)
Aspasia of Miletus, (5th century B.C.)
Mary Astell, (1666-1731) A B C D1 D2 R
Babette Babich (1956-)
Linda Badham, (born 1950)
Annette Baier, (born 1929) O
Ban Zhao, (c. 35-100) D2
Susanne Bobzien
Antoinette Brown, (1825-1921) D2
Judith Butler, (born 1956)
Mary Whiton Calkins, (1863-1930) W
Nancy Cartwright (born 1943) O
Margaret Cavendish, (1623-1673) A B C R
Christine de Pizan, (c. 1365-c. 1430) G R
Andrea Christofidou
Patricia Churchland, (born 1943) C
Hélène Cixous, (born 1937) R
Catherine Trotter Cockburn, (1679-1749) A B C R W
Lady Anne Finch Conway, (1631-1679) A B C D1 O R W
Simone de Beauvoir, (1908-1986) D1 O R W
Émilie du Châtelet, (1706-1749) R
Raya Dunayevskaya, (1910-1987)
Dorothy Edgington
George Eliot, (1819-1880) G R
Elisabeth of Bohemia, (1618-1680) A B C R
Philippa Foot, (born 1920) C O W
Dorothea Frede, (1941-)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (1860-1935)
Hannah Ginsborg
Emma Goldman, (1869–1940)
Marie de Gournay, (1565-1645) D2
Celia Green, (born 1935)
Susan Haack, (born 1945) W
Jane Heal
Ágnes Heller, (born 1929)
Heloise, (1101-1162) D2
Mary Hesse, (born 1924)
Hildegard of Bingen, (1098-1179) D1 R
Hipparchia, (4th century BC)
Jennifer Hornsby, (born 1951) O
Rosalind Hursthouse
Hypatia of Alexandria, (370-415) C R
Luce Irigaray, (born 1930) C O R
Martha Klein
Christine Korsgaard
Julia Kristeva, (born 1941) C O R
Susanne Langer, (1895-1985) O R W
Michèle Le Dœuff, (born 1948) O R
Leontion, (4th century BC)
Rosa Luxemburg, (1871-1919) R
Catherine Macaulay, (1731-1791) G
Ruth Barcan Marcus, (born 1921) C O
Harriet Martineau, (1802-1876) R W
Damaris Cudworth Masham, (1659-1708) A B C R
Mechthild of Magdeburg, (1210-1285) G
Mary Midgley, (born 1919) W
Ruth Millikan, (born 1933) O
Iris Murdoch, (1919-1999) O W
Nancey Murphy, (born 1951)
Judith Sargent Murray, (1751-1820) D2
Martha Nussbaum, (born 1947) C O
Onora O'Neill, (born 1941) O W
Janet Radcliffe Richards, (born 1944) O
Ayn Rand, (1905-1982) R F
Rosemary Radford Ruether, (born 1936)
Ruth Lydia Saw
Anna Maria van Schurman, (1607-1678) D2 R
Lady Mary Shepherd, (1777-1847) A C
Sor Juana, (1648-1695) D2
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, (1766-1817) R
L. Susan Stebbing, (1885-1943) W
Edith Stein, (1891-1942) D1
Gabrielle Suchon, (1631-1703) R
Harriet Taylor Mill, (1807-1858) C D1 R
Teresa of Avila, (1515-1582) C
Judith Jarvis Thomson, (born 1929) C O W
Baroness Mary Warnock, (born 1924) O
Simone Weil, (1909-1943) C D1 O R
Victoria, Lady Welby, (1837-1912) W
Mary Wollstonecraft, (1759-1797) C D1 G O R W
Frances Wright, (1795-1852) D2
Dorothy Maud Wrinch, (1894-1976)

Answer 4

Unfortunately women didn't always have equal standing in society. Throughout much of history women were seen as second class citizens. They were expected to be homemakers & caregivers for children. Not to be educated and have professional careers. They would not have been taken as seriously. This is the reason there were very few female artists, politicians, etc throughout history. It was a male dominated society. Women weren't allowed the same opportunities as men. It has taken a long time for women to achieve equal rights. The battle continues...

Answer 5

I am sure there are. Just that during the ancient time, women's task is to take care of the home and children. There may be very talented and insightful women. But their exposure were limited, as women were mostly limited to a small social world with limited social status.

Answer 6

There very well could have been, there is no real solid way to know. Especially when it comes to less famous philosphors, I mean, sure we've all heard of Plato, but not everyone coudl have succeeded and became as popular as he did. I bet there are thousands of unknown philosophors. As for some people saying that women weren't regarded as equals back then, that did not hold true for acient Greece and Rome. They actually had a rather large respect for women and did believe in them as equals, there is even evidence to suggest that in Rome there were female senators.

Answer 7

Because in ancient times, women weren't educated, and really didn't have much of a mind of their own. All they did was weave and do housework. They surprisingly didn't have much time to look into they sky and wonder. It was only the old men that had that kind of time.

Answer 8

during those periods, women weren't considered equal in intelligence as men so they didn't have the chance to become philosophers.

Answer 9

Cause back in time all womans had to stay home and prepared for the mens for wars. you know there was alot of war in ancient time.

Answer 10

There weren't as many because in Greece, women were punished if they were. Most women published their work anonymously.