Women Philosophers in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Many women wrote philosophy in nineteenth-century Britain, and they wrote across the full range of philosophical topics. Yet these important women thinkers have been left out of the philosophical canon and many of them are barely known today. The aim of this book is to put twelve women philosophers from this period back on the map.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Women's Constrained Philosophical Participation


• 2: Naturalism


• 3: Philosophy of Mind


• 4: The Meaning of Evolution


• 5: Religion and Morality


• 6: Progress in History

About the author

Alison Stone is Professor of Philosophy at Lancaster University. Her interests span the history of philosophy, post-Kantian European philosophy, feminist philosophy, and aesthetics. Her most recent books are Being Born (OUP 2019), Frances Power Cobbe: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Feminist Philosopher (OUP, 2022), and Frances Power Cobbe in the series Cambridge Elements in Women in the History of Philosophy (CUP, 2022). With Lydia Moland, she is co-editing the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century.

Summary

Many women wrote philosophy in nineteenth-century Britain, and they wrote across the full range of philosophical topics. Yet these important women thinkers have been left out of the philosophical canon and many of them are barely known today. The aim of this book is to put twelve women philosophers from this period back on the map.

Product details

• Authors: Stone, Alison Stone, Alison (Dept of Politics Stone, Stone Alison
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2023
• EAN: 9780192874719
• ISBN: 978-0-19-287471-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, Popular philosophy, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought