I do not consider Arendt, Nussbaum significant and/or original -- neither Foot or Anscombe. They are certainly not on the level of Kant and Hume. — Emptyheady
Social and environmental factors play a significant role more so than receptors vis-a-vis a woman' capacity to undertake philosophical study. I work with young girls from disadvantaged backgrounds and the opinions on when they should marry, how to dress, what to think has solidified that to try and get them to switch that training and find focus with an education and themselves is only possible when I lead by example because they look up to me, but even so it is incredibly difficult.No woman has been a significant original thinker in any of the world's great philosophical traditions" — Emptyheady
I think there have been some women holding this status - Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Simone Weil, etc."No woman has been a significant original thinker in any of the world's great philosophical traditions" — Emptyheady
That they are not the level of Kant or Hume that is certain. But that doesn't mean they aren't great philosophers. Kant and Hume, just like Wittgenstein, Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, Aquinas, etc. these people are unique - they are on an entirely different level. When we speak of philosophers, we don't speak of those very rare few only. Probably nobody in the whole world (whether they be male or female) today is at the same level as those people, and that alone speaks volumes.I do not consider Arendt, Nussbaum significant and/or original -- neither Foot or Anscombe. They are certainly not on the level of Kant and Hume. — Emptyheady
That they are not the level of Kant or Hume that is certain. But that doesn't mean they aren't great philosophers. Kant and Hume, just like Wittgenstein, Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, Aquinas, etc. these people are unique - they are on an entirely different level. When we speak of philosophers, we don't speak of those very rare few only. Probably nobody in the whole world (whether they be male or female) today is at the same level as those people, and that alone speaks volumes. — Agustino
You're setting the bar unreasonably high. — Michael
My own bias tells me that Murray is not pointing to a curious fact in need of careful investigation and analysis, but attempting to justify the gender disparity as natural and inevitable rather than constructed. — unenlightened
Ascribing everything to discrimination is scientifically completely unsound. — Emptyheady
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