After reading section 6.5 “A Feminist Perspective On knowledge” from chapter six and reflecting on the information provided I can definitely see where philosophers like Alison Ainley and Elizabeth Anderson were coming from they felt women were poorly represented in the realms of philosophy. I believe that when the topic is women’s involvement in early history, whether in mathematics, science and even philosophy itself, there were many female voices not heard. What I found the most interesting was that until this section came about I never even questioned why there was a lack of female representation being discussed. Does that mean that there were no successful female thinkers or great philosophers in those earlier times? Probably not. I’m sure
