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PHILOSOPHY 50-01 |
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HISTORY OF WESTERN WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS |
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SYLLABUS, SPRING, 2003 |
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DATE |
TOPIC |
READING ASSIGNMENT |
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WEEK 1: |
INTRODUCTION, I |
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1/27 |
Organizational Class |
See Class Web Site (Nicenet) & Warren's On-Line Course Materials: http://www.macalester.edu/~warren |
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1/29 |
An Introduction to the History of Western Philosophy |
See “time line” on KJW’s web site; Waithe, “On Not Teaching
the History of Philosophy”(H) |
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1/31 |
The "Recovery Project" in Philosophy |
LN #1; RWP: Ch. 7; PWP: Series Forward, Series Intro, & Ch. 10; Kersey “Women Philosophers,” 1-25 (H) |
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WEEK 2: |
INTRODUCTION, II |
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2/3 |
Designing Philosophy Web Pages |
PWP: Part I, Intro & Chs. 1 & 23 |
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2/5 |
Was She a Philosopher? |
LN #2, #3; Allen, “The Concept of Woman,”
xix-xxix, 1-7 (H); Kersey, 218-224 (H) |
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2/7 |
Introduction to Classical (Ancient) Philosophy |
LN #4; |
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WEEK 3: |
WOMEN IN
CLASSICAL |
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2/10 |
Early Pythagoreans: Themistoclea, Theano I, Arignote, Damo |
LN #5; HWP: Vol. 1: 11-18 (R) |
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2/12 |
Late Pythagoreans: Aesara, Perictione I & II,
Theano II, Aspasia of Miletus |
LN #5; HWP: Vol. 1: 19-58 (R) |
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2/14 |
Late Pythagoreans, continued |
Harper commentary (EM) |
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WEEK 4: |
WOMEN IN
CLASSICAL |
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2/17 |
Diotima of Manitea, Julia Domna |
LN #6; HWP: Vol. 1: 83-116 (R); Cole commentary (?) (EM) |
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2/19 |
Makrina & Hypatia |
LN #7 & #8; HWP: Vol. 1: 139-196 (R) |
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2/21 |
[Open] |
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WEEK 5: |
WOMEN IN
MEDIEVAL & |
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2/24 |
Hildegard of Bingen |
LN #9; PWP: Intro to Part II & Ch. 3; HWP: Vol. 2: 27-66 (R); Stark commentary (EM) |
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2/26 |
Heloise |
LN #10; PWP: Intro to Part III, Chs. 11
&17; HWP: Vol. 2: 67-98 (R) |
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2/28 |
Christine de Pisan |
LN #11; PWP: Intro to Part IV, Chs. 18, 20; RWP: Ch. 3; HWP: Vol. 2: 312-13 (R) |
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WEEK 6: |
WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY, I |
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3/3 |
A Brief Introduction to Early Modern Philosophy |
LN #12 |
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3/5 |
Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia |
LN #13; WP:
Ch. 1; PWP: Ch. 12; HWP: Vol. 3: 213-14 (R); Nye
commentary (EM) |
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3/7 |
Catherine Macaulay |
LN #14; RWP: Chs. 1 & 2; PWP: Ch. 15, Intro to Part IV; HWP: Vol. 3: 217-22 (R); Gardner commentary (EM) |
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WEEK 7: |
WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY, II |
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3/10 |
Damaris Cudworth Masham |
LN #15; WP: Ch 4; HWP: Vol. 3: 73-86, 101-126 (R); Frankel commentary (EM) |
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3/12 |
[Open: Mary Astell?] |
[EMP, Chs. 4, 5; PWP, Ch. 14; HWP,
Vol. 3: 87-100] |
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3/14 |
Designing Philosophy Web
Pages, II |
Work on your web pages. |
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3/15-3/23 |
Spring Break |
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WEEK 8: |
WOMEN IN MODERN |
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3/24 |
Anne Viscountess Conway |
LN #16; WP: Cha. 3; HWP, Vol. 3: 1-20, 41-58 (R); Duran commentary (EM) |
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3/26 |
Mary Wollstonecraft |
LN #17; RWP: Ch. 4; WP: 37-49; HWP:
Vol. 3: 153-170 (R); Lindemann commentary (EM) |
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3/28 |
[Open: Harriet Martineau & Madame de Condorcet] |
[PWP: Ch. 21; WP: 50-61; HWP: Vol. 3: 242-246, 255 (R)] |
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WEEK 9: |
WOMEN IN MODERN |
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3/31 |
Anna Maria Van Schurman |
LN #18; Excerpts from Van Schurman’s writings (R); Lindemann commentary (EM) |
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4/2 |
Harriet Taylor Mill |
LN #19; RWP: Ch. 5; PWP: Ch. 15; HWP:
Vol. 3: 246-51 (R); Jacob commentary (EM) |
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4/4 |
[Open] |
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WEEK 10: |
WOMEN IN
CONTEMPORARY |
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4/7 |
A Brief Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy |
LN #20 |
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4/9 |
Hannah Arendt |
LN #21; PWP: Chs. 8 & 9; WP:
129-144; HWP: Vol. 4: 243-260 (R); Minnick commentary (EM) |
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4/11 |
Jane Addams |
LN #22; PWP: Ch. 5; HWP: Vol. 3: 87-100 (R); Fischer commentary (EM) |
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WEEK 11: |
WOMEN IN
CONTEMPORARY |
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4/14 |
Susanne Langer |
LN #23; PWP: Ch. 7; Excerpts from her writings (R) |
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4/16 |
Iris Murdoch |
LN #24; PWP: Ch. 22; Excerpts from her writings (R) |
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4/18 |
No Class: Good Friday |
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WEEK 12: |
WOMEN IN
CONTEMPORARY |
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4/21 |
G. E. M. (Elisabeth) Anscombe |
LN #25; WP, 145-154; |
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4/23 |
[Open] |
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4/25 |
Simone de Beauvoir |
LN #26; WP, 203-223; HWP, Vol. 4: 261-86 (R); Excerpts from her writings (R); Simons & Knab commentary (EM) |
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WEEK 13: |
WOMEN IN
CONTEMPORARY |
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4/28 |
Simone Weil |
LN #27; Excerpts from her writings (R) |
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4/30 |
Martha Nussbaum |
LN #28; Excerpts from her writings (R) |
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5/2 |
Angela Davis |
LN #29; Excerpts from her writings (r) |
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WEEK 14 |
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS |
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5/5 |
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS |
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5/7 |
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS |
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Finals Day |
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS |
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KEY |
TEXTS |
AUTHORS |
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PWP |
Presenting Women Philosophers |
eds. Cecile T. Tougas and Sara Ebenreck |
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RWP |
Rediscovering Women Philosophers |
ed. Catherine Villanueva Gardner |
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EMP |
Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period |
ed. Margaret Atherton |
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OTHER |
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R |
Articles on Two-Hour Reserve in the Macalester Library |
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EM |
Articles that will be sent to students as email
attachments |
Commentators for Gendering Western Philosophy (ed.
Karen J. Warren) |
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HWP |
History of Women Philosophers, 4 volumes (2-Hour Reserve at Library) |
ed. Mary Ellen Waithe |
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LN |
K. J. Warren's Lecture Notes |
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DATES TO REMEMBER |
WHAT IS DUE |
FINAL GRADE |
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Ten Mondays |
Critical Thinking Essays (2-3pages) |
50% (for 10 Essays) |
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Three Days Each Week |
Nicenet: On-Line Entry |
15% |
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Final Exam Day |
Final Projects: Web Pages |
35% |