Knowledge, Mind and Reality: An Introduction by Early Twentieth-Century American Women Philosophers

This book is the first volume featuring the work of American women philosophers in the first half of the twentieth century. It provides selected papers authored by Mary Whiton Calkins, Grace Andrus de Laguna, Grace Neal Dolson, Marjorie Glicksman Grene, Marjorie Silliman Harris, Thelma Zemo Lavine, Marie Collins Swabey, Ellen Bliss Talbot, Dorothy Walsh and Margaret Floy Washburn. The book also provides the historical and philosophical background to their work. The papers focus on the nature of philosophy, knowledge, the philosophy of science, the mind-matter nexus, the nature of time, and the question of freedom and the individual. The material is suitable for scholars, researchers and advanced philosophy students interested in (history of) philosophy; theories of knowledge; philosophy of science; mind, and reality.

Sommario

Chapter 1. Nature of philosophy.- Chapter 2. Knowledge: reason and experience.- Chapter 3. Science and objectivity.- Chapter 4. The physical and the material.- Chapter 5. Individuals and time.- Chapter 6. Freedom and time.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Joel Katzav (Editore), Dorothy Rogers (Editore), Krist Vaesen (Editore)
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.03.2024
• EAN: 9783031244391
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3124439-1
• Pagine: 344
• Illustrazioni: XI, 344 p. 2 illus.
• Serie: Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie