Women Philosophers

Women wrote philosophy long before the academy admitted them. Here are four: a princess who pressed Descartes on the mind and body, a metaphysician who answered him, the founder of modern feminism, and a phenomenologist on how we understand other people.

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   Correspondence with DescartesElisabeth of Bohemia · 4 hrs · ▶ ListenElisabeth of Bohemia asks Descartes how the soul can move the body.
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   The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern PhilosophyAnne Conway · 2 hrs · ▶ ListenAnne Conway's metaphysics of a living world, against Descartes and Hobbes.
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   A Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary Wollstonecraft · 6 hrs · ▶ ListenMary Wollstonecraft's case that women's minds deserve the same education.
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   On the Problem of EmpathyEdith Stein · 4 hrs · ▶ ListenEdith Stein on how we experience another person's experience.