An Unconventional History of Western Philosophy

Karen J. Warren is professor of philosophy at Macalester College. She is a pioneer in ecofeminist philosophy and is the author of Ecofeminist Philosophy: A Western Perspective on What It is and Why It Matters.

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Foreword: Including Women in "Ancient and Medieval Philosophies" Chapter 3 Lead Essay: "2600 Years of the History of Western Philosophy Without Women: This Book as a Unique, Gender Inclusive Alternative" Part 4 Chapter One: Plato and Diotima Chapter 5 Introduction Chapter 6 Selections from Plato (Excerpts from the Symposium and the Phaedrus) Chapter 7 Selection from Diotima (Excerpts from the Symposium) Chapter 8 Commentary Part 9 Chapter Two: Aristotle and Late Pythagorean Women Chapter 10 Introduction Chapter 11 Selections from Aristotle (Excerpts from Nicomachean Ethics, Metaphysics) Chapter 12 Selection from Late Pythagorean Women (Excerpts from Letters from "Theano to Euboule," "Theano to Kallisto," "Theano to Nikostrate;" and Periktione's, "On the Harmony of Women;" Porphyry, Life of Pythagoras) Chapter 13 Commentary Part 14 Chapter Three: Augustine and Hildegard Chapter 15 Introduction Chapter 16 Selections from St. Augustine (Excerpts from Confessions, Literal Commentary on Genesis, and Trinity) Chapter 17 Selections from Hildegard (Excerpts from Scivias, Book of Divine Works, Hildegard ofBingen: Mystical Writings) Chapter 18 Commentary Part 19 Chapter Four: Abelard and Heloise Chapter 20 Introduction Chapter 21 Selections from Abelard (Excerpts from The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard, Historia Calamitatum, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise) Chapter 22 Selections from Heloise (Excerpts from The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise) Chapter 23 Commentary Part 24 Chapter Five: Descartes and Elisabeth Chapter 25 Introduction Chapter 26 Selection from Descartes (Excerpts from A Philosophical Correspondence: ElisabethPrincess Palatine and Rene Descartes) Chapter 27 Selection from Elisabeth (Excerpts from A Philosophical Correspondence: Elisabeth Princess Palatine and Rene Descartes) Chapter 28 Commentary Part 29 Chapter Six: Hobbes and Macaulay Chapter 30 Introduction Chapter 31 Selection from Hobbes (Excerpts from Leviathan) Chapter 32 Selections from Macaulay (Excerpts from Letters on Education) Chapter 33 Commentary Part 34 Chapter Seven: Locke and Masham Chapter 35 Introduction Chapter 36 Selection from Masham (Excerpts from Occasional Thoughts In Reference to a Virtuous or Christian Life) Chapter 37 Selection from Locke (Excerpts from An Essay Concerning Human Understanding) Chapter 38 Commentary Part 39 Chapter Eight: Leibniz and Conway Chapter 40 Introduction Chapter 41 Selection from Leibniz (Excerpts from Monadology) Chapter 42 Selections from Conway (Excerpts from Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy) Chapter 43 Commentary Part 44 Chapter Nine: Rousseau and Wollstonecraft Chapter 45 Introduction Chapter 46 Selections from Rousseau (Excerpts from Èmile and The Social Contract) Chapter 47 Selection from Wollstonecraft (Excerpts from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman) Chapter 48 Commentary Part 50 Chapter Ten: Kant and Van Schurman Chapter 51 Introduction Chapter 52 Selection from Kant ("Introduction" to the Critique of Pure Reason) Chapter 53 Selection from van Schurman (Excerpts from The Learned Maid) Chapter 54 Commentary Part 55 Chapter Eleven: Mill and Taylor Chapter 56 Introduction Chapter 57 Selection from Mill (Excerpts from The Subjection of Women) Chapter 58 Selection from Taylor (Excerpts from The Enfranchisement of Women) Chapter 59 Commentary Part 60 Chapter Twelve: Heidegger and Arendt Chapter 61 Introduction Chapter 62 Selections from Heidegger (Excerpts from "Letter on Humanism") Chapter 63 Selections from Arendt (Excerpts from "Thinking and Moral Considerations: ALecture") Chapter 64 Commentary Part 65 Chapter Thirteen: Dewey and Addams Chapter 66 Introduction Chapter 67 Selections from Dewey (Excerpts from Theories of Knowledge and Creative Democracy -The Task Before Us) Chapter 68 Selections from Addams (Excerpts from "A Modern Lear" and "Introduction" to Democracy and Social Ethics) Chapter 69 Commentary Part 70 Chapter Fourteen: Wittgenstein and Anscombe Chapter 71 Selection from Wittgenstein (Excerpts from Philosophical Investigations) Chapter 72 Selection from Anscombe (Excerpts from Intention and "The Justice of the Present War Examined') Chapter 73 Commentary Part 74 Chapter Fifteen: Sartre and Beauvoir Chapter 75 Introduction Chapter 76 Selection from Sartre (Excerpt from Being and Nothingness) Chapter 77 Selection from Beauvoir (Excerpts from The Second Sex and She Came to Stay) Chapter 78 Commentary Part 79 Glossary of Key Terms Part 80 Appendix A: Some Women Philosophers in the History of Western Philosophy Part 81 Appendix B: "2600 Years of Gender Exclusive Philosophy: Enough is Enough!A Student Perspective by the Book's Research Assistant"