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.

This ground-breaking work has the potential to have a profoundly positive impact on philosophy as a discipline. Contemporary philosophers are nearly always engaged in dialogues with the past, and this book will help them to engage with female as well asmale historical figures. It will enhance our appreciation of women?s capacity for rigorous philosophical thought, enlarge our understanding of the parameters of philosophy itself, and promote a new perspective on the discipline as a co-operative, gender-inclusive enterprise. For the first time, teachers and students of philosophy are being offered a truly accurate and balanced introduction to the history of their subject...

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 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 DiotimaChapter 5 IntroductionChapter 6 Selections from Plato (Excerpts from the Symposium and the Phaedrus)Chapter 7 Selection from Diotima (Excerpts from the Symposium)Chapter 8 CommentaryPart 9 Chapter Two: Aristotle and Late Pythagorean WomenChapter 10 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 14 Chapter Three: Augustine and HildegardChapter 15 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 19 Chapter Four: Abelard and HeloiseChapter 20 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 24 Chapter Five: Descartes and ElisabethChapter 25 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 29 Chapter Six: Hobbes and MacaulayChapter 30 IntroductionChapter 31 Selection from Hobbes (Excerpts from Leviathan)Chapter 32 Selections from Macaulay (Excerpts from Letters on Education)Chapter 33 CommentaryPart 34 Chapter Seven: Locke and MashamChapter 35 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 39 Chapter Eight: Leibniz and ConwayChapter 40 IntroductionChapter 41 Selection from Leibniz (Excerpts from Monadology)Chapter 42 Selections from Conway (Excerpts from Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy)Chapter 43 CommentaryPart 44 Chapter Nine: Rousseau and WollstonecraftChapter 45 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 50 Chapter Ten: Kant and Van SchurmanChapter 51 IntroductionChapter 52 Selection from Kant ("Introduction" to the Critique of Pure Reason)Chapter 53 Selection from van Schurman (Excerpts from The Learned Maid)Chapter 54 CommentaryPart 55 Chapter Eleven: Mill and TaylorChapter 56 IntroductionChapter 57 Selection from Mill (Excerpts from The Subjection of Women)Chapter 58 Selection from Taylor (Excerpts from The Enfranchisement of Women)Chapter 59 CommentaryPart 60 Chapter Twelve: Heidegger and ArendtChapter 61 IntroductionChapter 62 Selections from Heidegger (Excerpts from "Letter on Humanism")Chapter 63 Selections from Arendt (Excerpts from "Thinking and Moral Considerations: ALecture")Chapter 64 CommentaryPart 65 Chapter Thirteen: Dewey and AddamsChapter 66 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 70 Chapter Fourteen: Wittgenstein and AnscombeChapter 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 CommentaryPart 74 Chapter Fifteen: Sartre and BeauvoirChapter 75 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 79 Glossary of Key TermsPart 80 Appendix A: Some Women Philosophers in the History of Western PhilosophyPart 81 Appendix B: "2600 Years of Gender Exclusive Philosophy: Enough is Enough!A Student Perspective by the Book's Research Assistant"

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.

This ground-breaking work has the potential to have a profoundly positive impact on philosophy as a discipline. Contemporary philosophers are nearly always engaged in dialogues with the past, and this book will help them to engage with female as well asmale historical figures. It will enhance our appreciation of women?s capacity for rigorous philosophical thought, enlarge our understanding of the parameters of philosophy itself, and promote a new perspective on the discipline as a co-operative, gender-inclusive enterprise. For the first time, teachers and students of philosophy are being offered a truly accurate and balanced introduction to the history of their subject...

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 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 DiotimaChapter 5 IntroductionChapter 6 Selections from Plato (Excerpts from the Symposium and the Phaedrus)Chapter 7 Selection from Diotima (Excerpts from the Symposium)Chapter 8 CommentaryPart 9 Chapter Two: Aristotle and Late Pythagorean WomenChapter 10 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 14 Chapter Three: Augustine and HildegardChapter 15 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 19 Chapter Four: Abelard and HeloiseChapter 20 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 24 Chapter Five: Descartes and ElisabethChapter 25 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 29 Chapter Six: Hobbes and MacaulayChapter 30 IntroductionChapter 31 Selection from Hobbes (Excerpts from Leviathan)Chapter 32 Selections from Macaulay (Excerpts from Letters on Education)Chapter 33 CommentaryPart 34 Chapter Seven: Locke and MashamChapter 35 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 39 Chapter Eight: Leibniz and ConwayChapter 40 IntroductionChapter 41 Selection from Leibniz (Excerpts from Monadology)Chapter 42 Selections from Conway (Excerpts from Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy)Chapter 43 CommentaryPart 44 Chapter Nine: Rousseau and WollstonecraftChapter 45 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 50 Chapter Ten: Kant and Van SchurmanChapter 51 IntroductionChapter 52 Selection from Kant ("Introduction" to the Critique of Pure Reason)Chapter 53 Selection from van Schurman (Excerpts from The Learned Maid)Chapter 54 CommentaryPart 55 Chapter Eleven: Mill and TaylorChapter 56 IntroductionChapter 57 Selection from Mill (Excerpts from The Subjection of Women)Chapter 58 Selection from Taylor (Excerpts from The Enfranchisement of Women)Chapter 59 CommentaryPart 60 Chapter Twelve: Heidegger and ArendtChapter 61 IntroductionChapter 62 Selections from Heidegger (Excerpts from "Letter on Humanism")Chapter 63 Selections from Arendt (Excerpts from "Thinking and Moral Considerations: ALecture")Chapter 64 CommentaryPart 65 Chapter Thirteen: Dewey and AddamsChapter 66 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 70 Chapter Fourteen: Wittgenstein and AnscombeChapter 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 CommentaryPart 74 Chapter Fifteen: Sartre and BeauvoirChapter 75 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 79 Glossary of Key TermsPart 80 Appendix A: Some Women Philosophers in the History of Western PhilosophyPart 81 Appendix B: "2600 Years of Gender Exclusive Philosophy: Enough is Enough!A Student Perspective by the Book's Research Assistant"

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.

This ground-breaking work has the potential to have a profoundly positive impact on philosophy as a discipline. Contemporary philosophers are nearly always engaged in dialogues with the past, and this book will help them to engage with female as well asmale historical figures. It will enhance our appreciation of women?s capacity for rigorous philosophical thought, enlarge our understanding of the parameters of philosophy itself, and promote a new perspective on the discipline as a co-operative, gender-inclusive enterprise. For the first time, teachers and students of philosophy are being offered a truly accurate and balanced introduction to the history of their subject...

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 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 DiotimaChapter 5 IntroductionChapter 6 Selections from Plato (Excerpts from the Symposium and the Phaedrus)Chapter 7 Selection from Diotima (Excerpts from the Symposium)Chapter 8 CommentaryPart 9 Chapter Two: Aristotle and Late Pythagorean WomenChapter 10 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 14 Chapter Three: Augustine and HildegardChapter 15 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 19 Chapter Four: Abelard and HeloiseChapter 20 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 24 Chapter Five: Descartes and ElisabethChapter 25 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 29 Chapter Six: Hobbes and MacaulayChapter 30 IntroductionChapter 31 Selection from Hobbes (Excerpts from Leviathan)Chapter 32 Selections from Macaulay (Excerpts from Letters on Education)Chapter 33 CommentaryPart 34 Chapter Seven: Locke and MashamChapter 35 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 39 Chapter Eight: Leibniz and ConwayChapter 40 IntroductionChapter 41 Selection from Leibniz (Excerpts from Monadology)Chapter 42 Selections from Conway (Excerpts from Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy)Chapter 43 CommentaryPart 44 Chapter Nine: Rousseau and WollstonecraftChapter 45 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 50 Chapter Ten: Kant and Van SchurmanChapter 51 IntroductionChapter 52 Selection from Kant ("Introduction" to the Critique of Pure Reason)Chapter 53 Selection from van Schurman (Excerpts from The Learned Maid)Chapter 54 CommentaryPart 55 Chapter Eleven: Mill and TaylorChapter 56 IntroductionChapter 57 Selection from Mill (Excerpts from The Subjection of Women)Chapter 58 Selection from Taylor (Excerpts from The Enfranchisement of Women)Chapter 59 CommentaryPart 60 Chapter Twelve: Heidegger and ArendtChapter 61 IntroductionChapter 62 Selections from Heidegger (Excerpts from "Letter on Humanism")Chapter 63 Selections from Arendt (Excerpts from "Thinking and Moral Considerations: ALecture")Chapter 64 CommentaryPart 65 Chapter Thirteen: Dewey and AddamsChapter 66 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 70 Chapter Fourteen: Wittgenstein and AnscombeChapter 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 CommentaryPart 74 Chapter Fifteen: Sartre and BeauvoirChapter 75 IntroductionChapter 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 CommentaryPart 79 Glossary of Key TermsPart 80 Appendix A: Some Women Philosophers in the History of Western PhilosophyPart 81 Appendix B: "2600 Years of Gender Exclusive Philosophy: Enough is Enough!A Student Perspective by the Book's Research Assistant"