Early Modern Women on the Cosmological Argument: A Case Study in Feminist History of Philosophy
In Eileen O'Neill & Marcy P. Lascano (eds.), Feminist History of Philosophy: The Recovery and Evaluation of Women’s Philosophical Thought. Springer, NM 87747, USA: pp. 23-47 (2019)
Abstract
This chapter discusses methodology in feminist history of philosophy
and shows that women philosophers made interesting and original contributions to
the debates concerning the cosmological argument. I set forth and examine the arguments
of Mary Astell, Damaris Masham, Catherine Trotter Cockburn, Emilie Du
Châtelet, and Mary Shepherd, and discuss their involvement with philosophical
issues and debates surrounding the cosmological argument. I argue that their contributions
are original, philosophically interesting, and result from participation in the
ongoing debates and controversies about the cosmological argument, causal principles,
and necessary existence.
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