Women and philosophy

Abstract

This brief article is also the preface to the “Women philosophers” Dossier of this issue. The author underlines the novelty meaning of women’s join to the philosophical fields in our time; she reflects on the deep consequences of this occurrence too. After a general exposition, she analyzes the work and the thought of the authors comprised in this dossier: Edith Stein, Hannah Arendt and Maria Zambrano; she also adds some comments on another outstanding XXth century philosopher: Simone Weil. They all show some common features as women; but, as women philosophers, they are setting the foundations to build a new post feminist humanism.