Ten Great Female Philosophers: THE THINKING WOMAN'S WOMEN ; Radio 4's 'Greatest Philosopher' Poll Yielded an All-Male Top 20. but Is Philosophy Really a Female-Free Zone? on the Contrary, Insists Camille Paglia " and Here Are 10 to Prove the Point

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For most of history, the groundbreaking philosophers have all been men, and philosophy has always been a male genre. Women had neither the education nor the time to pursue the life of the mind. In modern times, especially in the past 200 years, women have made immense cultural contributions " but much more to literature and the arts than to philosophy. Their absence from the BBC Radio 4's 'Great Philosophers' poll needs to be explained.

I feel women in general are less comfortable than men in inhabiting a highly austere, cold, analytical space, such as the one which philosophy involves. Women as a whole " and there are obvious exceptions " are more drawn to practical, …