Feminism and Modern Philosophy introduces students to the main thinkers and themes of modern philosophy from different feminist perspectives, and highlights the role of gender in studying classic philosophical texts.

Andrea Nye is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Her recent publications include Philosophy of Language: The Big Questions (1998) and The Princess and the Philosopher: The Letters of Elizabeth Palatine to Rene Descartes (1999).

Preface: Living in Time Introduction: Shaping a Past 1. The Virtues of Misogyny 2. Rene Descartes: Man of Reason 3. John Locke and the State of Nature 4. Reworking the Canon: Anne Conway 5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Noble Savage 6. David Hume: A Friend from the Past 7. Feminist Antimonies 8. Feminist Critical Theory after Kant Afterword: The Weight of the Past