Hume y la posibilidad de que las mujeres sean filósofas

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06/2025
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Universidad del Valle
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Praxis Filosófica
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0120-4688
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¿Considera Hume que la filosofía es una actividad exclusivamentemasculina? La posibilidad de que las mujeres desarrollen actividadesfilosóficas no se vislumbra claramente en las obras de Hume. Por un lado,en su teoría de la naturaleza humana no encontramos sesgos de géneroinnatos ni hay en su teoría del conocimiento aptitudes cognitivas privativasde los varones que los habiliten como los únicos filósofos legítimos. Pero, porotro, al atender a factores culturales, políticos y económicos —lo que Humellama “causas morales”— encontramos que hay diversos impedimentospara la participación plena de las mujeres en el ámbito de la erudición. Mipropósito es mostrar que para Hume esas causas pueden modificarse. Elsurgimiento de una sociedad comercial es un indicativo de ese cambio. Enese nuevo escenario se ofrecen mayores oportunidades a las mujeres tantopara participar en la esfera pública como para desplegar su capacidadcognitiva en actividades intelectuales.
Does Hume regard philosophy as an activity restricted to men only? The possibility of women being philosophers does not appear clearly in Hume’s texts. On the one hand, there are no innate gender biases in his theory of human nature nor cognitive abilities in his theory of knowledge, which signal men as the only legitimate philosophers. On the other hand, when we look at cultural, political, and economic factors – what Hume calls “moral causes”– we find that there are numerous impediments to the full participation of women in the learned world. However, I aim to show that Hume believes these causes can be modified. The rise of a new commercial society offers greater opportunities for women both to participate in the public sphere and to deploy their cognitive capacity in intellectual activities.
Does Hume regard philosophy as an activity restricted to men only? The possibility of women being philosophers does not appear clearly in Hume’s texts. On the one hand, there are no innate gender biases in his theory of human nature nor cognitive abilities in his theory of knowledge, which signal men as the only legitimate philosophers. On the other hand, when we look at cultural, political, and economic factors – what Hume calls “moral causes”– we find that there are numerous impediments to the full participation of women in the learned world. However, I aim to show that Hume believes these causes can be modified. The rise of a new commercial society offers greater opportunities for women both to participate in the public sphere and to deploy their cognitive capacity in intellectual activities.
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