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Interview
Rebecca Buxton
Rebecca Buxton co-edited, with Lisa Whiting, The Philosopher Queens: The lives and legacies of philosophy’s unsung women (2020). Reece Stafferton sat down with her to discuss the dilemmas women face, and have faced, when encountering philosophy, which throughout history has been dominated by men.
Women aren’t generally counted among the most famous philosophers. I challenged a friend recently: name five female philosophers. They couldn’t. Why are things like that?
In my experience, when you ask people to close their eyes and imagine a philosopher, they will usually think of a white man, usually in a toga or a turtleneck.
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