For International Women's Day, we've asked established as well as up-and-coming contemporary women in philosophy to recommend the other women in the field that they admire most. According to HESA data, only 35% of philosophy PhD students in the UK are female, compared to 61% in English and 53% in history, and only 24% of permanent academic staff in UK philosophy departments are women. The situation is similar across the transatlantic and anglophone world. Yet female thinkers produce groundbreaking work across all fields of western philosophy, from metaphysics to political theory, and sometimes on the boundaries between philosophy and other disciplines such as biology, economics and law. Our hope is that this list will point our readers towards new ideas and thinkers that have transformed the intellectual landscape of the past few decades. And if there are other contemporary female philosophers you would like to recommend, or whose work you admire, then join the conversation and let us know in the comments.
Contemporary Women Philosophers You Should Read
Donna Haraway, Rebecca Goldstein, and more.
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Pete Harrison 14 March 2019
So do you think your ‘algorithms’ are providing a constructive service here for you and women philosophers, or are they promoting another narrative?
And it is simply ‘de rigueur’ to preface an article on women philosophers with images of women’s naked or partially clad breasts?
Maybe these things are OK with everyone but I feel a little uncomfortable with such linkings, and such a narrative.
IAI News Editorial Team 12 March 2019
Hi Pete, thank you for your comment. The collage was created by our designer to illustrate some of the subject matter the philosophers above have engaged with - from social justice to posthumanist concerns. Regarding the related posts: the algorithm prioritises the latest articles, and our latest issue has focused on sexuality.
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