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Between Hypatia and Beauvoir: Philosophy as Discourse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Katherine Arens
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Abstract

Two studies of women in philosophy, Michéle Le Doeuff's biography of Simone de Beauvoir Hipparchia's Choice (1991) and Fritz Mauthner's historical novel Hypatia (1892), question what kind of power and authority are available to philosophers. Mauthner's philosophy of language expands on Le Doeuff to outline how philosophy acts parallel to other sociohistorical discourses, relying on public consensus and on the negotiation of stereotypes to create a viable speaking subject for the female philosopher.

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Hypatia , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , Fall 1995, pp. 46 - 75
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Copyright © 1995 by Hypatia, Inc.

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