The book is written in a rigorous, academic spirit but in lively and engaging prose, making serious philosophical insights accessible to readers who are new to philosophy. Further, nearly all primary and secondary sources used in the chapters are written by women philosophers. Divided into four sections thatĬonnect to major, primary fields in philosophy (metaphysics, epistemology, social and political philosophy, and ethics), this anthology is unique: chapters are all written by women, and each chapter opens with an anecdote about a girl or woman from mythology, history, art, literature, or science to introduce chapter topics. Philosophy for Girls helps correct the pervasive and problematic omission of women from philosophy. While some progress has been made in building a more inclusive world of philosophy, especially in the last fifty years, important work remains to be done. In fact, it makes it harder for all people to engage the valuable contributions that women have made and continue to make to intellectual thought. The under-representation of women in secondary and post-secondary curricula makes it harder for young women to see themselves as future philosophers. Women have historically been excluded from the discipline of philosophy and remain largely marginalized in contemporary textbooks and anthologies. People are unlikely to picture, though, is a woman.

They may even call to mind a much more modern man, wearing a black sweater and smoking a cigarette in a Paris café, expressing existential angst in a new novel or essay.

Or they might think of that same man in the Enlightenment, gripping a quill pen and pouring universal truths onto a page. If asked to envision a philosopher, people might imagine a bearded man, probably Greek, perhaps in a toga, pontificating about abstract ideas. The book will inspire and entice these philosophers' younger counterparts, curious readers of all genders, and all who support equity in philosophy. This revolutionary book empowers its readers by exploring enduring, challenging, and timely philosophical issues in new essays written by expert women philosophers.

Virtue and Vice by Kimberly Brody