Category Archives: women in philosophy

What do the Numbers Mean?

Posted on December 2, 2007 by sharon crasnow

Over at Knowledge and Experience Evelyn Brister is posting a series on women in philosophy. What is really interesting is that for PhDs in philosophy, slightly under 30% are women and undergraduate women philosophy majors appear to be a very … Continue reading →

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Mothering and Philosophy

Posted on November 26, 2007 by sharon crasnow

Noelle McAfee has a post at Gone Public on Women,Children, and Philosophy. She speculates that there are fewer women with children in philosophy, perhaps because philosophy is modeled more closely after the sciences than the humanities. Is the question whether … Continue reading →

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