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100 1 0 _aParageau, Sandrine
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245 0 0 _aA Defence of the Essay of Human Understanding (1702) by Catharine Trotter: Or, How Lockean Theory of Personal Identity Suits Women
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520 _aThe essay offers an analysis of Catharine Trotter’s defense of John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding, which she published anonymously in 1702, in order to assess how Locke’s theory of personal identity may have legitimized women’s intervention in philosophical debates. The hypothesis under scrutiny here is the following: could the definition of personal identity in terms of consciousness, and no longer in terms of the relations between body and soul, have been interpreted by early modern women as an encouragement to take part in philosophical inquiry? More generally, could it be argued that Locke’s philosophy was seen as favorable to women’s intellectual activity in a patriarchal context? The essay suggests answers to these questions thanks to a comparison of some elements from Locke’s and Descartes’ philosophies.
690 _aJohn Locke
690 _agender
690 _apersonal identity
690 _aRené Descartes
690 _aCatharine Trotter
786 0 _nDix-septième siècle | o 275 | 2 | 2017-04-28 | p. 353-370 | 0012-4273
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-dix-septieme-siecle-2017-2-page-353?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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