2007-03-01 08:52:05 · 16 answers · asked by Sherif S 2 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
"Our two minds .... One is an act of the emotional
mind, the other of the rational mind. In a very real
sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that
feels" (Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence,
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1996, page 8). This
rational mind is also called the faculty of logic and
reason.
In the 1930s, Austrian mathematician Godel proved a
theorem which became the "Godel theorem" in cognition
theory. It states that any formalized 'logical' system
in principle cannot be complete in itself. It means
that a statement can always be found that can be
neither disproved nor proved using the means of that
particular system. To discuss about such a statement,
one must go beyond that very logic system; otherwise
nothing but a vicious circle will result. Psychologist
say that any experience is contingent - it's opposite
is logically possible and hence should not be treated
as contradictory.
The faculty of mind which overcomes the limitations of logic
is intellect. In English, 'flourit' means the age of dawning or
flowering of wisdom; it also means the age of 40. (See
a multi-volume dictionary in a library). Generally,
intellect starts funtcioning after the age of 40 years,
but it may take longer for others. You can not blame a
teenager or a youth for not having it. It is a general
observation that only person aged beyond 40 years are
called intellectuals. You will rarely find a woman
being called an intellectual because 'flourit' is not
well defined for them.
2007-03-02 01:12:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are quite a few in fact I thought you may like to read up on a couple so here is a small list I assembled. This is far more amazing to find these women when at the time and still to present (as is proven by your question and ignorance), women were relegated to the private sphere and were as a result much of what they wrote was not documented or discussed as much as their male counterparts.
Marilyn McCord Adams, (born 1943) O
Linda Martin Alcoff
Alice Ambrose
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
Ãmilie 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
Ãgnes 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 DÅuff, (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
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)
2007-03-01 09:12:33 · answer #2 · answered by Deirdre O 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
There have been PLENTY of female philosophers, from the earliest times, DESPITE the systematic exclusion of women in most academic and intellectual spheres for most of history. That you would ask this shows you really don't know a lot about the history of philosophy. How many philosophers of ANY sex can you name?
2007-03-01 21:53:49 · answer #3 · answered by wendy g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the history of what... there are plenty women philosophers.
2007-03-01 10:28:14 · answer #4 · answered by Myra G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are but today's academic is not interested in anything that has to do with mommy's. But mommies have ruled the world for centuries.
Women have traditionally raised children and instilled in them there values and norms. So to a large extent women's philosophy's are much more dominate in our society culture then men's. Men were created and generally raised by women.
2007-03-01 09:18:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Women philosphize all the time, they just do it through different outlets. One could consider feminism a type of philosphical awakening equivalent to Rene Descartes's "cogito ergo sum" statement. By understanding that they too were human, as were men, that the rights touted to each man be given to all persons.
2007-03-01 09:14:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they were all opressed by men !!! There has always been women opression everywhere at all times and if we wont have an female philosopher soon it is just more proof that the opression did not end and we need more women friendly laws and bias.
2007-03-01 14:14:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Germaine Greer and Simone de Beauvoir are philosophers.
2007-03-01 10:11:46 · answer #8 · answered by Freddy F 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Women were second class. Even if they did have ideas, they couldn't share them in speech or writing. This is also why women don't appear in many areas of history including music, buisness, and (until a point) literature.
2007-03-01 09:01:14 · answer #9 · answered by puppyraiser8 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
For a start, try "Women Philosophers" at
Du-uh...your level of ignorance is breathtaking.
2007-03-01 10:32:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋