PHIL 3210 Lecture Notes - Upper Class
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Royal society group of philosophers dedicated to political and scientific philosophy, home labs, challenging what the universities are saying, women weren"t allowed to be apart. Met in these women"s homes so the women had a direct link to these philosophers. Polemical coming to a theory through discussion with others, engaging critically with other thinkers, Many of these women philosophers took this format: possibly bc they are not formally educated, therefore, possibly more comfortable with this format. Feminist project to read and understand these women but the women were not necessarily feminist, important to know that women participate in the discipline that is even to this day male dominated. Women"s lives in the 17th and 18th centuries. Women seemed to be more ruled by desires and worse and controlling themselves so what was the point of educating them. Rarely tutored in anything but domestic duties: bared from formal societies.