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Chloë Taylor
Chloë Taylor (born 1976) is a Canadian philosopher and scholar of women's studies, women's and gender studies. She is a full professor, Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Alberta, where she has worked since 2009. Her areas of research include Michel Foucault, prison abolition, feminist philosophy, and critical animal studies. Education and career Taylor studied for a Bachelor of Arts, BA in philosophy at the University of Victoria from 1995 to 1998, before studying for a BA at McGill University, majoring in the history of art and minoring in German studies from 1998 to 2000. She remained at McGill to read for an Master of Arts, MA in art history, graduating in 2002 having written a thesis entitled ''The Aesthetics of Sadism and Masochism in Italian Renaissance Painting''. From 2002 until 2006, she read for a PhD in philosophy at the University of Toronto. Her thesis was entitled ''The Culture of Confession''. Taylor was doctoral supervisor, supervised by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philosopher
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its methods and assumptions. Historically, many of the individual sciences, such as physics and psychology, formed part of philosophy. However, they are considered separate academic disciplines in the modern sense of the term. Influential traditions in the history of philosophy include Western philosophy, Western, Islamic philosophy, Arabic–Persian, Indian philosophy, Indian, and Chinese philosophy. Western philosophy originated in Ancient Greece and covers a wide area of philosophical subfields. A central topic in Arabic–Persian philosophy is the relation between reason and revelation. Indian philosophy combines the Spirituality, spiritual problem of how to reach Enlightenment in Buddhism, enlighten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
