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This is a '''list of [[women in philosophy|women philosopher]]s''' ordered alphabetically by surname. Although often overlooked in mainstream historiography, women have engaged in [[philosophy]] throughout the field's history.<ref>Duran, Jane. Eight women philosophers: theory, politics, and feminism. University of Illinois Press, 2005.</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://read.hipporeads.com/why-i-left-academia-philosophys-homogeneity-needs-rethinking/# |title = Why I Left Academia: Philosophy’s Homogeneity Needs Rethinking {{!}} Hippo Reads}}</ref> Some notable philosophers include [[Maitreyi]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.societyforthestudyofwomenphilosophers.org/Maitreyi.html |title = Maitreyi}}</ref> (1000 BCE), [[Gargi Vachaknavi]] (900 BCE), [[Ghosha]] (800 BCE), [[Hypatia of Alexandria]] (ca. 370–415 CE), [[Anne Conway (philosopher)|Anne Conway]] (1631–1679), [[Mary Wollstonecraft]] (1759–1797), [[Harriet Martineau]] (1802-1876), [[Sarah Margaret Fuller]] (1810–1850), [[Frances Power Cobbe]] (1822-1904), [[Vernon Lee]] (1856-1935), [[Edith Stein]] (1891–1942), [[Ayn Rand]] (1905–1982), [[Hannah Arendt]] (1906–1975), [[Simone de Beauvoir]] (1908–1986), [[Iris Murdoch]] (1919–1999), [[Elizabeth Anscombe]] (1919–2001), [[Mary Midgley]] (1919–2018), [[Philippa Foot]] (1920–2010), [[Mary Warnock]] (1924–2019), [[Joyce Mitchell Cook]] (1933–2015, the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in philosophy), [[Cora Diamond]] (born 1937), and [[Susan Haack]] (born 1945).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/ten-great-female-philosophers-the-thinking-womans-women-299061.html |title = Ten great female philosophers: The thinking woman's women {{!}} The Independent {{!}} The Independent}}</ref>
This is a '''list of [[women in philosophy|women philosopher]]s''' ordered alphabetically by surname. Although often overlooked in mainstream historiography, women have engaged in [[philosophy]] throughout the field's history.<ref>Duran, Jane. Eight women philosophers: theory, politics, and feminism. University of Illinois Press, 2005.</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://read.hipporeads.com/why-i-left-academia-philosophys-homogeneity-needs-rethinking/# |title = Why I Left Academia: Philosophy’s Homogeneity Needs Rethinking {{!}} Hippo Reads}}</ref> Some notable philosophers include [[Maitreyi]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.societyforthestudyofwomenphilosophers.org/Maitreyi.html |title = Maitreyi}}</ref> (1000 BCE), [[Gargi Vachaknavi]] (900 BCE), [[Ghosha]] (800 BCE), [[Hypatia of Alexandria]] (c. 370–415 CE), [[Anne Conway (philosopher)|Anne Conway]] (1631–1679), [[Mary Wollstonecraft]] (1759–1797), [[Harriet Martineau]] (1802–1876), [[Sarah Margaret Fuller]] (1810–1850), [[Frances Power Cobbe]] (1822–1904), [[Vernon Lee]] (1856–1935), [[Edith Stein]] (1891–1942), [[Ayn Rand]] (1905–1982), [[Hannah Arendt]] (1906–1975), [[Simone de Beauvoir]] (1908–1986), [[Iris Murdoch]] (1919–1999), [[Elizabeth Anscombe]] (1919–2001), [[Mary Midgley]] (1919–2018), [[Philippa Foot]] (1920–2010), [[Mary Warnock]] (1924–2019), [[Joyce Mitchell Cook]] (1933–2015, the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in philosophy), [[Cora Diamond]] (born 1937), and [[Susan Haack]] (born 1945).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/ten-great-female-philosophers-the-thinking-womans-women-299061.html |title = Ten great female philosophers: The thinking woman's women {{!}} The Independent {{!}} The Independent}}</ref>

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===Ancient philosophy===
===Ancient philosophy===
{{See also|Category:Ancient Greek women philosophers}}
{{See also|Category:Ancient Greek women philosophers}}
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*[[Lopamudra]] (born 1100 BCE)
*[[Lopamudra]] (born 1100 BCE)
*[[Maitreyi]] (born about 1000 BCE )
*[[Maitreyi]] (born about 1000 BCE)
*[[Ghosha]] (born vedic period)
*[[Ghosha]] (born vedic period)
*[[Gargi Vachaknavi]] (born about 700 BCE)
*[[Gargi Vachaknavi]] (born about 700 BCE)
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*[[Hipparchia of Maroneia]] (4th century BCE)
*[[Hipparchia of Maroneia]] (4th century BCE)
*[[Nicarete of Megara]] (fl. around 300 BCE)
*[[Nicarete of Megara]] (fl. around 300 BCE)
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*[[Catherine of Alexandria]] (282–305)
*[[Ptolemais of Cyrene]] (3rd century BCE)
*[[Ptolemais of Cyrene]] (3rd century BCE)
*[[Aesara of Lucania]] (3rd century BCE)
*[[Aesara of Lucania]] (3rd century BCE)
*[[Diotima of Mantinea]] (appears in [[Symposium (Plato)|Plato's ''Symposium'']])
*[[Diotima of Mantinea]] (appears in [[Symposium (Plato)|Plato's ''Symposium'']])
*[[Ban Zhao]] (c. 35–100){{ref|D2|D2}}
*[[Ban Zhao]] (c. 35–100){{ref|D2|D2}}
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*[[Catherine of Alexandria]] (282–305)
*[[Sosipatra of Ephesus]] (4th century CE)
*[[Sosipatra of Ephesus]] (4th century CE)
*[[Xie Daoyun]] (before 340–after 399)
*[[Xie Daoyun]] (before 340–after 399)
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*[[Aedesia]] of Alexandria (5th century CE)
*[[Aedesia]] of Alexandria (5th century CE)
*[[Theodora of Emesa|Theodora]] (5th-6th century CE)
*[[Theodora of Emesa|Theodora]] (5th-6th century CE)
{{div col end}}


===Medieval philosophy===
===Medieval philosophy===
From the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century C.E. to the Renaissance in the 16th century.
From the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century C.E. to the Renaissance in the 16th century.


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*[[Ubhaya Bharati]] (8th century)
*[[Ubhaya Bharati]] (8th century)
*[[Héloïse (abbess)|Héloïse d'Argenteuil]] (1090–1164), contributed to the ethical thought of [[Peter Abelard]].
*[[Héloïse (abbess)|Héloïse d'Argenteuil]] (1090–1164), contributed to the ethical thought of [[Peter Abelard]].
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*[[Lalleshwari]] (1320–1392)
*[[Lalleshwari]] (1320–1392)
*[[Catherine of Siena]] (1347–1380)
*[[Catherine of Siena]] (1347–1380)
*[[Christine de Pizan]] (1364–1430)
*[[Moderata Fonte]] (1555–1592)
*[[Moderata Fonte]] (1555–1592)
*[[Hildegard of Bingen]] (1098–1179), German abbess, composer, and philosopher.
*[[Hildegard of Bingen]] (1098–1179), German abbess, composer, and philosopher.
*[[Teresa of Ávila]] (1515-1582)
*[[Teresa of Ávila]] (1515–1582)
{{div col end}}


===Modern philosophy===
===Modern philosophy===
It is still debated when the Modern period began, but some scholars place 15th and 16th century philosophers into the category of “Early Modern Philosophy”, and those in the 17th through the early 20th centuries into the categories of Modern and “Post Modern” philosophy.
The seventeenth and early twentieth centuries roughly mark the beginning and the end of modern philosophy.

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*[[Marie de Gournay]] (1565–1645)
*[[Anna Maria van Schurman]] (1607–1678)
*[[Madeleine de Scudéry]] (1607–1701)
*[[Gabrielle Suchon]] (1631–1703)
*[[Madame de Maintenon]] (1635–1719)
*[[Mary Astell]] (1666–1731){{ref|A|A}} {{ref|B|B}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|D1|D1}} {{ref|D2|D2}} {{ref|R|R}}
*[[Mary Astell]] (1666–1731){{ref|A|A}} {{ref|B|B}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|D1|D1}} {{ref|D2|D2}} {{ref|R|R}}
*[[Damaris Cudworth Masham]] (1659–1708), philosopher and theologian
*[[Damaris Cudworth Masham]] (1659–1708), philosopher and theologian
*[[Laura Bassi]] (1711–1778), philosopher and physicist
*[[Laura Bassi]] (1711–1778), philosopher and physicist
*[[Harriet Martineau]] (1802-1876)
*[[Harriet Martineau]] (1802–1876)
*[[Helena Blavatsky]] (1831–1891)
*[[Helena Blavatsky]] (1831–1891)
*[[Frances Power Cobbe]] (1822-1904)
*[[Frances Power Cobbe]] (1822–1904)
*[[Antoinette Brown Blackwell]] (1825–1921){{ref|D2|D2}}
*[[Antoinette Brown Blackwell]] (1825–1921){{ref|D2|D2}}
*[[Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne|Margaret Cavendish]] (1623–1673){{ref|A|A}} {{ref|B|B}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|R|R}}
*[[Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne|Margaret Cavendish]] (1623–1673){{ref|A|A}} {{ref|B|B}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|R|R}}
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*[[George Eliot]] (Mary Ann Evans) (1819–1880){{ref|G|G}} {{ref|R|R}}
*[[George Eliot]] (Mary Ann Evans) (1819–1880){{ref|G|G}} {{ref|R|R}}
*[[Elisabeth of the Palatinate|Elisabeth of Bohemia]] (1618–1680){{ref|A|A}} {{ref|B|B}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|R|R}}
*[[Elisabeth of the Palatinate|Elisabeth of Bohemia]] (1618–1680){{ref|A|A}} {{ref|B|B}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|R|R}}
*[[Sor Juana]] (1648–1695)
*[[Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz]] (1648–1695)
*[[Mary Wollstonecraft]] (1759–1797)
*[[Mary Wollstonecraft]] (1759–1797)
*[[Sophie de Grouchy]] (1764–1822)
*[[Germaine de Staël]] (1766-1817)
*[[Gauri Ma]] (1857–1938)
*[[Gauri Ma]] (1857–1938)
{{div col end}}


===Contemporary philosophy===
===Contemporary philosophy===
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*[[Felicia Nimue Ackerman]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Felicia Nimue Ackerman]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Marilyn McCord Adams]] (1943–2017){{ref|O|O}}
*[[Marilyn McCord Adams]] (1943–2017){{ref|O|O}}
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*[[Dorit Bar-On]] (fl. 1990)
*[[Dorit Bar-On]] (fl. 1990)
*[[Marcia Baron]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Marcia Baron]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Lauren Barthold]]
*[[Lauren Barthold]] (born 1965)
*[[Sandra Bartky]] (1935–2016)
*[[Sandra Bartky]] (1935–2016)
*[[Nancy Bauer (philosopher)|Nancy Bauer]] (born 1960)
*[[Nancy Bauer (philosopher)|Nancy Bauer]] (born 1960)
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*[[Mary Whiton Calkins]] (1863–1930){{ref|W|W}}
*[[Mary Whiton Calkins]] (1863–1930){{ref|W|W}}
*[[Joan Callahan]] (professor emerita, 2011)
*[[Joan Callahan]] (professor emerita, 2011)
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*[[Agnes Callard]] (born 1976)
*[[Elisabeth Camp]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Elisabeth Camp]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Victoria Camps]] (1941)
*[[Victoria Camps]] (1941)
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*[[Philippa Foot]] (1920–2010){{ref|W|W}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|O|O}}
*[[Philippa Foot]] (1920–2010){{ref|W|W}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|O|O}}
*[[Nancy Fraser]] (born 1947)
*[[Nancy Fraser]] (born 1947)
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*[[Miranda Fricker]] (born 1966)
*[[Marilyn Frye]] (born 1941)
*[[Marilyn Frye]] (born 1941)
*[[Ann Garry]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Ann Garry]] (fl. 2014)
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*[[Kathryn Gines]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Kathryn Gines]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Lydia Goehr]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Lydia Goehr]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Rebecca Goldstein]] (born 1950)
*[[Ana Marta González]] (born 1969)
*[[Patricia Greenspan]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Patricia Greenspan]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Celia Green]] (born 1935)
*[[Celia Green]] (born 1935)
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*[[Béatrice Longuenesse]] (born 1950)
*[[Béatrice Longuenesse]] (born 1950)
*[[Penelope Maddy]] (born 1950)
*[[Penelope Maddy]] (born 1950)
*[[Kate Manne]] (born 1983)
*[[Ruth Barcan Marcus]] (1921–2012){{ref|C|C}} {{ref|O|O}}
*[[Ruth Barcan Marcus]] (1921–2012){{ref|C|C}} {{ref|O|O}}
*[[Noëlle McAfee]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Noëlle McAfee]] (fl. 2014)
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*[[Martha Nussbaum]] (born 1947){{ref|C|C}} {{ref|O|O}}
*[[Martha Nussbaum]] (born 1947){{ref|C|C}} {{ref|O|O}}
*[[Hilda D. Oakeley]] (1867–1950)
*[[Hilda D. Oakeley]] (1867–1950)
*[[Cailin O'Connor]] (born 1983)
*[[Peg O'Connor]] (born 1965)
*[[Peg O'Connor]] (born 1965)
*[[Kelly Oliver]] (born 1958)
*[[Kelly Oliver]] (born 1958)
*[[Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve|Onora O'Neill]] (born 1941){{ref|O|O}} {{ref|W|W}}
*[[Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve|Onora O'Neill]] (born 1941){{ref|O|O}} {{ref|W|W}}
*[[Maria Ossowska]] (1896–1974)
*[[Maria Ossowska]] (1896–1974)
*[[Adrian Piper]]
*[[Adrian Piper]] (born 1948)
*[[Ayn Rand]] (1905–1982)
*[[Ayn Rand]] (1905–1982)
*[[Janet Radcliffe Richards]] (born 1944){{ref|O|O}}
*[[Janet Radcliffe Richards]] (born 1944){{ref|O|O}}
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*[[Susanna Siegel]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Susanna Siegel]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Alison Simmons]] (born 1965)
*[[Alison Simmons]] (born 1965)
*[[May Gorslin Preston Slosson]] (1858–1943)<ref name="openminds2">{{cite web |last=Bennicoff |first=Tad |date=15 March 2012 |title=Open Minds Open Doors |url=http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/open-minds-open-doors |accessdate=25 October 2012 |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution Archives]]}}</ref>
*[[Dorothy E. Smith|Dorothy Smith]] (born 1926)
*[[Dorothy E. Smith|Dorothy Smith]] (born 1926)
*[[Holly Martin Smith]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Holly Martin Smith]] (fl. 2014)
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*[[Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak]] (born 1942)
*[[Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak]] (born 1942)
*[[Susanne Sreedhar]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Susanne Sreedhar]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Amia Srinivasan]] (born 1984)
*[[Susan Stebbing]] (1885–1943){{ref|W|W}}
*[[Susan Stebbing]] (1885–1943){{ref|W|W}}
*[[Edith Stein]] (1891–1942), pedagogue{{ref|D1|D1}}
*[[Edith Stein]] (1891–1942), pedagogue{{ref|D1|D1}}
*[[Isabelle Stengers]] (born 1949)
*[[Isabelle Stengers]] (born 1949)
*[[Kathleen Stock]] (born 1971)
*[[Helene Stöcker]] (1869–1943), feminist, sexual reformer
*[[Helene Stöcker]] (1869–1943), feminist, sexual reformer
*[[Alison Stone]] (born 1972)
*[[Alison Stone]] (born 1972)
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*[[Judith Jarvis Thomson]] (1929–2020){{ref|W|W}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|O|O}}
*[[Judith Jarvis Thomson]] (1929–2020){{ref|W|W}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|O|O}}
*[[Valerie Tiberius]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Valerie Tiberius]] (fl. 2014)
*Kate Tickel (born 1981)<ref>Scott Firsing, [http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org/2013/10/01/top-thirty-five-young-foreigners-making-an-impact-in-africa/ ''Top Thirty-Five Young Foreigners Making an Impact in Africa''], International Policy Digest, 1 October 2013</ref>
*[[Lynne Tirrell]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Lynne Tirrell]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Margaret Urban Walker]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Margaret Urban Walker]] (fl. 2014)
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*[[Simone Weil]] (1909–1943), critical marxist{{ref|C|C}} {{ref|D1|D1}} {{ref|O|O}} {{ref|R|R}}
*[[Simone Weil]] (1909–1943), critical marxist{{ref|C|C}} {{ref|D1|D1}} {{ref|O|O}} {{ref|R|R}}
*[[Elsie Whetnall]] (1897–c.1998)
*[[Elsie Whetnall]] (1897–c.1998)
*[[Rebecca Whisnant]]
*[[Jennifer Whiting]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Jennifer Whiting]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Jessica Wilson]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Jessica Wilson]] (fl. 2014)
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*[[Charlotte Witt]] (born 1951)
*[[Charlotte Witt]] (born 1951)
*[[Monique Wittig]] (1935–2003)
*[[Monique Wittig]] (1935–2003)
*[[Susan R. Wolf|Susan Wolf]]<!-- Susan Wolf is the common name; the middle initial is in the article title for disambiguation --> (born 1952)
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*[[Susan Wolf]] (born 1952)
*[[Ursula Wolf]] (born 1951)
*[[Ursula Wolf]] (born 1951)
*[[Dorothy Maud Wrinch]] (1894–1976)
*[[Dorothy Maud Wrinch]] (1894–1976)
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*[[Naomi Zack]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Naomi Zack]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski]] (born 1946)
*[[Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski]] (born 1946)
*[[María Zambrano]]
*[[María Zambrano]] (1904-1991)
*[[Ewa Ziarek]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Ewa Ziarek]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Alenka Zupančič]] (born 1966)
*[[Alenka Zupančič]] (born 1966)
*[[Jan Zwicky]] (born 1955)
*[[Jan Zwicky]] (born 1955)
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==Alphabetically==
==Alphabetically==
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*[[Anna Brackett]] (1836–1911)
*[[Anna Brackett]] (1836–1911)
*[[Janet Broughton]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Janet Broughton]] (fl. 2014)
[[File:Antoinette Brown-sig.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|Antoinette Brown before she married]]
[[File:Antoinette Brown.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|Antoinette Brown before she married]]
*[[Antoinette Brown Blackwell]] (1825–1921){{ref|D2|D2}}
*[[Antoinette Brown Blackwell]] (1825–1921){{ref|D2|D2}}
*[[Teresa Blankmeyer Burke]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Teresa Blankmeyer Burke]] (fl. 2014)
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*[[Mary Whiton Calkins]] (1863–1930){{ref|W|W}}
*[[Mary Whiton Calkins]] (1863–1930){{ref|W|W}}
*[[Joan Callahan]] (professor emerita, 2011)
*[[Joan Callahan]] (professor emerita, 2011)
*[[Agnes Callard]] (born 1976)
*[[Elisabeth Camp]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Elisabeth Camp]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Claudia Card]] (1940–2015)
*[[Claudia Card]] (1940–2015)
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*[[Patricia Churchland]] (born 1943){{ref|C|C}}
*[[Patricia Churchland]] (born 1943){{ref|C|C}}
*[[Hélène Cixous]] (born 1937){{ref|R|R}}
*[[Hélène Cixous]] (born 1937){{ref|R|R}}
*[[Frances Power Cobbe]] (1822-1904)
*[[Frances Power Cobbe]] (1822–1904)
*[[Catharine Trotter Cockburn]] (1679–1749){{ref|A|A}} {{ref|B|B}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|R|R}} {{ref|W|W}}
*[[Catharine Trotter Cockburn]] (1679–1749){{ref|A|A}} {{ref|B|B}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|R|R}} {{ref|W|W}}
*[[Lorraine Code]] (born 1937)
*[[Lorraine Code]] (born 1937)
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*[[Lydia Goehr]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Lydia Goehr]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Emma Goldman]] (1869–1940)
*[[Emma Goldman]] (1869–1940)
*[[Rebecca Goldstein]] (born 1950)
*[[Alison Gopnik]] (born 1955), psychologist, philosopher of mind
*[[Alison Gopnik]] (born 1955), psychologist, philosopher of mind
*[[Olympe de Gouges]] (1748–1793), women's rights activist
*[[Olympe de Gouges]] (1748–1793), women's rights activist
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*[[Thelma Z. Lavine]] (1915–2011)
*[[Thelma Z. Lavine]] (1915–2011)
*[[Michèle Le Dœuff]] (born 1948){{ref|O|O}} {{ref|R|R}}
*[[Michèle Le Dœuff]] (born 1948){{ref|O|O}} {{ref|R|R}}
*[[Vernon Lee]] (1856-1935)
*[[Vernon Lee]] (1856–1935)
*[[Sabina Leonelli]]
*[[Sabina Leonelli]]
*[[Leontion]] (approx 300 BC), [[Epicureanism|Epicurean]]
*[[Leontion]] (approx 300 BC), [[Epicureanism|Epicurean]]
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*[[Mary Kate McGowan]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Mary Kate McGowan]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Mechthild of Magdeburg]] (1210–1285){{ref|G|G}}
*[[Mechthild of Magdeburg]] (1210–1285){{ref|G|G}}
*[[Harriet Martineau]] (1802-1876)
*[[Harriet Martineau]] (1802–1876)
*[[Melissa (philosopher)|Melissa]] (3rd century BC)
*[[Melissa (philosopher)|Melissa]] (3rd century BC)
*[[Susan Mendus]] (born 1951)
*[[Susan Mendus]] (born 1951)
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*[[Hilda D. Oakeley]] (1867–1950)
*[[Hilda D. Oakeley]] (1867–1950)
*[[Cailin O'Connor]] (born 1983)
*[[Peg O'Connor]] (born 1965)
*[[Peg O'Connor]] (born 1965)
*[[Kelly Oliver]] (born 1958)
*[[Kelly Oliver]] (born 1958)
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*[[Susanna Siegel]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Susanna Siegel]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Alison Simmons]] (born 1965)
*[[Alison Simmons]] (born 1965)
*[[May Gorslin Preston Slosson]] (1858–1943)<ref name="openminds2">{{cite web |last=Bennicoff |first=Tad |date=15 March 2012 |title=Open Minds Open Doors |url=http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/open-minds-open-doors |accessdate=25 October 2012 |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution Archives]]}}</ref>
*[[Dorothy E. Smith|Dorothy Smith]] (born 1926)
*[[Dorothy E. Smith|Dorothy Smith]] (born 1926)
*[[Holly Martin Smith]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Holly Martin Smith]] (fl. 2014)
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*[[Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak]] (born 1942)
*[[Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak]] (born 1942)
*[[Susanne Sreedhar]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Susanne Sreedhar]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Amia Srinivasan]] (born 1984)
*[[Germaine de Staël]] (1766–1817){{ref|R|R}}
*[[Germaine de Staël]] (1766–1817){{ref|R|R}}
*[[Susan Stebbing]] (1885–1943){{ref|W|W}}
*[[Susan Stebbing]] (1885–1943){{ref|W|W}}
*[[Edith Stein]] (1891–1942), pedagogue{{ref|D1|D1}}
*[[Edith Stein]] (1891–1942), pedagogue{{ref|D1|D1}}
*[[Kathleen Stock]] (born 1971)
*[[Helene Stöcker]] (1869–1943), feminist, sexual reformer
*[[Helene Stöcker]] (1869–1943), feminist, sexual reformer
*[[Eleonore Stump]] (born 1947), analytic thomist
*[[Eleonore Stump]] (born 1947), analytic thomist
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*[[Judith Jarvis Thomson]] (1929–2020){{ref|W|W}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|O|O}}
*[[Judith Jarvis Thomson]] (1929–2020){{ref|W|W}} {{ref|C|C}} {{ref|O|O}}
*[[Valerie Tiberius]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Valerie Tiberius]] (fl. 2014)
*Kate Tickel (born 1981)<ref>Scott Firsing, [http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org/2013/10/01/top-thirty-five-young-foreigners-making-an-impact-in-africa/ ''Top Thirty-Five Young Foreigners Making an Impact in Africa''], International Policy Digest, 1 October 2013</ref>
*[[Lynne Tirrell]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Lynne Tirrell]] (fl. 2014)


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*[[Gargi Vachaknavi]], ancient Indian philosopher
*[[Gargi Vachaknavi]], ancient Indian philosopher
*[[Josina Carolina van Lynden]] (1717–1791), first female Dutch philosopher who wrote a book about logic


===W===
===W===
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*[[Victoria, Lady Welby]] (1837–1912){{ref|W|W}}
*[[Victoria, Lady Welby]] (1837–1912){{ref|W|W}}
*[[Elsie Whetnall]] (1897–c.1998)
*[[Elsie Whetnall]] (1897–c.1998)
*[[Rebecca Whisnant]]
*[[Jennifer Whiting]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Jennifer Whiting]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Jessica Wilson]] (fl. 2014)
*[[Jessica Wilson]] (fl. 2014)
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*[[Charlotte Witt]] (born 1951)
*[[Charlotte Witt]] (born 1951)
*[[Monique Wittig]] (1935–2003)
*[[Monique Wittig]] (1935–2003)
*[[Susan R. Wolf|Susan Wolf]]<!-- Susan Wolf is the common name; the middle initial is in the article title for disambiguation --> (born 1952)
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*[[Susan Wolf]] (born 1952)
*[[Ursula Wolf]] (born 1951)
*[[Ursula Wolf]] (born 1951)
*[[Mary Wollstonecraft]], women's rights activist (1759–1797){{ref|C|C}} {{ref|D1|D1}} {{ref|G|G}} {{ref|O|O}} {{ref|R|R}} {{ref|W|W}}
*[[Mary Wollstonecraft]], women's rights activist (1759–1797){{ref|C|C}} {{ref|D1|D1}} {{ref|G|G}} {{ref|O|O}} {{ref|R|R}} {{ref|W|W}}
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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*{{note|A|A}}&nbsp;– For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in Margaret Atherton's ''Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period''. Hackett; 1994. {{ISBN|0-87220-259-3}}
*{{note|A|A}}&nbsp;– For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in Margaret Atherton's ''Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period''. Hackett; 1994. {{ISBN|0-87220-259-3}}
*{{note|B|B}}&nbsp;– For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in Jacqueline Broad's ''Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century''. Cambridge; 2003. {{ISBN|0-521-81295-X}}
*{{note|B|B}}&nbsp;– For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in Jacqueline Broad's ''Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century''. Cambridge; 2003. {{ISBN|0-521-81295-X}}
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* {{note|R|R}}&nbsp;– For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in the ''[[Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]''. Routledge; 2000. {{ISBN|0-415-22364-4}}
* {{note|R|R}}&nbsp;– For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in the ''[[Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]''. Routledge; 2000. {{ISBN|0-415-22364-4}}
* {{note|W|W}}&nbsp;– For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in [[Mary Warnock]]'s ''Women Philosophers''. J.M. Dent; 1996. {{ISBN|0-460-87721-6}}
* {{note|W|W}}&nbsp;– For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in [[Mary Warnock]]'s ''Women Philosophers''. J.M. Dent; 1996. {{ISBN|0-460-87721-6}}
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==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:04, 23 December 2024

This is a list of women philosophers ordered alphabetically by surname. Although often overlooked in mainstream historiography, women have engaged in philosophy throughout the field's history.[1][2] Some notable philosophers include Maitreyi[3] (1000 BCE), Gargi Vachaknavi (900 BCE), Ghosha (800 BCE), Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370–415 CE), Anne Conway (1631–1679), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), Sarah Margaret Fuller (1810–1850), Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904), Vernon Lee (1856–1935), Edith Stein (1891–1942), Ayn Rand (1905–1982), Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), Iris Murdoch (1919–1999), Elizabeth Anscombe (1919–2001), Mary Midgley (1919–2018), Philippa Foot (1920–2010), Mary Warnock (1924–2019), Joyce Mitchell Cook (1933–2015, the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in philosophy), Cora Diamond (born 1937), and Susan Haack (born 1945).[4]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

By period

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Ancient philosophy

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See also: Category:Ancient Greek women philosophers

Medieval philosophy

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From the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century C.E. to the Renaissance in the 16th century.

Modern philosophy

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It is still debated when the Modern period began, but some scholars place 15th and 16th century philosophers into the category of “Early Modern Philosophy”, and those in the 17th through the early 20th centuries into the categories of Modern and “Post Modern” philosophy.

Contemporary philosophy

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Alphabetically

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A

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Portrait of Tullia d'Aragona

B

Antoinette Brown before she married

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

W

Z

Notes

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  • ^A  – For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in Margaret Atherton's Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period. Hackett; 1994. ISBN 0-87220-259-3
  • ^B  – For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in Jacqueline Broad's Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century. Cambridge; 2003. ISBN 0-521-81295-X
  • ^C  – For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. Cambridge University Press; 1999. ISBN 0-521-63722-8
  • ^D1  – For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in Jane Duran's Eight Women Philosophers: Theory Politics and Feminism. University of Illinois Press; 2006. ISBN 0-252-03022-2
  • ^D2  – For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in Therese Boos Dykeman's The Neglected Canon: Nine Women Philosophers – First to the Twentieth Century. Kluwer; 1999. ISBN 0-7923-5956-9
  • ^G  – For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in Catherine Villanueva Gardner's Women Philosophers. Westview; 2003. ISBN 0-8133-4133-7 (paperback); ISBN 0-8133-6610-0 (hardcover)
  • ^O  – For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Oxford University Press; 1995. ISBN 0-19-866132-0
  • ^R  – For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in the Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Routledge; 2000. ISBN 0-415-22364-4
  • ^W  – For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in Mary Warnock's Women Philosophers. J.M. Dent; 1996. ISBN 0-460-87721-6

References

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  1. ^ Duran, Jane. Eight women philosophers: theory, politics, and feminism. University of Illinois Press, 2005.
  2. ^ "Why I Left Academia: Philosophy's Homogeneity Needs Rethinking | Hippo Reads".
  3. ^ "Maitreyi".
  4. ^ "Ten great female philosophers: The thinking woman's women | The Independent | The Independent".
  5. ^ a b Bennicoff, Tad (15 March 2012). "Open Minds Open Doors". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
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