Early modern women on metaphysics

"The work of women philosophers in the early modern period has traditionally been overlooked, yet their writing on topics such as reality, time, mind and matter holds valuable lessons for our understanding of metaphysics and its history. Investigating issues from eternity to free will and from...

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Weitere Verfasser: Thomas, Emily (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, New York, NY, Port Melbourne, New Delhi, Singapore Cambridge University Press 2019
Ausgabe:First paperback edition
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Zusammenfassung:"The work of women philosophers in the early modern period has traditionally been overlooked, yet their writing on topics such as reality, time, mind and matter holds valuable lessons for our understanding of metaphysics and its history. Investigating issues from eternity to free will and from body to natural laws, the essays uncover long- neglected perspectives and demonstrate their importance for philosophical debates, both then and now. Combining careful philosophical analysis with discussion of the intellectual and historical context of each thinker, they will set the agenda for future enquiry and will appeal to scholars and students of the history of metaphysics, science, religion and feminism"--
Beschreibung:viii, 295 Seiten
ISBN:9781316631003
978-1-316-63100-3