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Nicarete of Megara (fl. around 300 BCE) Catherine of Alexandria (282–305) Ptolemais of Cyrene (3rd century BCE) Aesara of Lucania (3rd century BCE) Diotima of Mantinea (appears in Plato's Symposium) Ban Zhao (c. 35–100) D2. Sosipatra of Ephesus (4th century CE) Xie Daoyun (before 340–after 399) Hypatia (c. 360–415 CE)
In ancient Western philosophy, while academic philosophy was typically the domain of male philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, female philosophers such as Hipparchia of Maroneia (active ca. 325 BC), Arete of Cyrene (active 5th–4th century BC) and Aspasia of Miletus (470–400 BC) were active during this period. Other notable female ...
This is a list of feminist philosophers, that is, people who theorize about gender issues and female perspectives in different areas of philosophy This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
List of Icelandic philosophers. List of Indian philosophers. List of Iranian philosophers. List of Italian philosophers. List of Korean philosophers. List of Kurdish philosophers. List of Lithuanian philosophers. List of Romanian philosophers. List of Russian philosophers.
Pherecydes of Syros (c. 620 – c. 550 BC). Cosmologist. Anaximander of Miletus (c. 610 – 546 BC). Of the Milesian school. Famous for the concept of Apeiron, or "the boundless". Anaximenes of Miletus (c. 585 – 525 BC). Of the Milesian school. Believed that all was made of air. Pythagoras of Samos (c. 580 – c. 500 BC).
Name Country Born Died Comments Source 1940–1999: Zsuzsanna Budapest: Hungary: 1940 – Founder of the female-only tradition of the Dianic Wicca religion [113] [114] 1940–1999: Lesley Abdela: United Kingdom: 1945 – Expert on women's rights and representation [19] 1940–1999: Patricia Monaghan: United States: 1946: 2012: Proponent of the ...
t. e. Western philosophy refers to the philosophical thought, traditions and works of the Western world. Historically, the term refers to the philosophical thinking of Western culture, beginning with the ancient Greek philosophy of the pre-Socratics. The word philosophy itself originated from the Ancient Greek philosophía (φιλοσοφία ...
Feminist philosophy is an approach to philosophy from a feminist perspective and also the employment of philosophical methods to feminist topics and questions. [1] Feminist philosophy involves both reinterpreting philosophical texts and methods in order to supplement the feminist movement and attempts to criticise or re-evaluate the ideas of traditional philosophy from within a feminist framework.