Pamela Sue Anderson (April 16, 1955 – March 12, 2017) was an American philosopher who specialized in

philosophy of religion Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known texts concerning p ...

feminist philosophy Feminist philosophy is an approach to philosophy from a feminist perspective and also the employment of philosophical methods to feminist topics and questions. Feminist philosophy involves both reinterpreting philosophical texts and methods in ...

and

continental philosophy Continental philosophy is a term used to describe some philosophers and philosophical traditions that do not fall under the umbrella of analytic philosophy. However, there is no academic consensus on the definition of continental philosophy. Pri ...

. In 2007 she was an Official Fellow, Tutor in Philosophy and

Christian Ethics Christian ethics, also known as moral theology, is a multi-faceted ethical system: it is a virtue ethic which focuses on building moral character, and a deontological ethic which emphasizes duty. It also incorporates natural law ethics, whic ...

, Dean, and Women's Advisor of Regent's Park College in the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. Her former students include feminist philosopher

Hanneke Canters Wilhelmina Johanna Canters (21 July 1969 – 6 September 2002), known as Hanneke Canters, was a Dutch feminist philosopher and academic. Canters studied Theology and Philosophy at the University of Groningen. She went on to study the philos ...

. Born in

Hennepin County, Minnesota Hennepin County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Its county seat is Minneapolis, the state's most populous city. The county is named in honor of the 17th-century explorer Father Louis Hennepin. The county extends from Minneap ...

, Anderson was educated at

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

and

Mansfield College, Oxford Mansfield College, Oxford is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The college was founded in Birmingham in 1838 as a college for Nonconformist students. It moved to Oxford in 1886 and was renamed Man ...

and was formerly Reader in Philosophy at the

University of Sunderland , mottoeng = Sweetly absorbing knowledge , established = 1901 - Sunderland Technical College1969 - Sunderland Polytechnic1992 - University of Sunderland (gained university status) , staff = , chancellor = Emel ...

. Pamela taught at

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

, where she was working on ''In Dialogue with Michèle Le Doeuff'', translated works of Le Doeuff. In 2009, she received an honorary degree from the

University of Lund , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Kathleen O'Grady Kathleen O'Grady is a Canadian author and academic. She has published two children's books, but is more widely known as a feminist scholar who investigates women's health issues through a cultural lens and whose work addresses the under-researche ...

, ''Feminist Theology'', No. 20 (January 1999): pp. 99-109. * (1993) '' Ricoeur and

Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aest ...

: Philosophy of the will''. Scholars Press. ;Edited Books * (2012) ''New Topics in Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Contestations and Transcendence Incarnate''. Springer Netherlands. ;Articles * Anderson, Pamela S. "Postmodern Theology." Ed. Chad Meister and Paul Copan. ''The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion''. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2013. 569–80. Print.

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