Knowledge, Mind and Reality: An Introduction by Early Twentieth-Century American Women Philosophers

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Synopsis

This book is the first volume featuring the work of American women philosophers in the first half of the twentieth century. It provides selected papers authored by Mary Whiton Calkins, Grace Andrus de Laguna, Grace Neal Dolson, Marjorie Glicksman Grene, Marjorie Silliman Harris, Thelma Zemo Lavine, Marie Collins Swabey, Ellen Bliss Talbot, Dorothy Walsh and Margaret Floy Washburn. The book also provides the historical and philosophical background to their work. The papers focus on the nature of philosophy, knowledge, the philosophy of science, the mind-matter nexus, the nature of time, and the question of freedom and the individual. The material is suitable for scholars, researchers and advanced philosophy students interested in (history of) philosophy; theories of knowledge; philosophy of science; mind, and reality.

Book details

Edition:
1st ed. 2023
Series:
Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences (Book 18)
Author:
Joel Katzav, Krist Vaesen, Dorothy Rogers
ISBN:
9783031244377
Related ISBNs:
9783031244360
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2023-03-23
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2023
Copyright by:
The Editor 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Health, Mind and Body, History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science