Vigdis Songe-Møller (born 1 April 1949) is a Norwegian philosopher, Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

. "When it comes to

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proper in Norway, the field has been dominated by two figures, namely, Professor Emerita Else Wiestad, of the

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, and Vigdis Songe-Møller." Songe-Møller's ''Philosophy without Women'' is a

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exploration of

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. Her own experience as a pregnant woman – for whom "the Parmenidean idea of all things existing ultimately as one and self-identical is, to say the least, far from self-evident" – led her to investigate connections between "the Greek philosophers' ideals of unity, self-identity and eternity and their attitudes towards sexuality, reproduction and sexual difference."Songe-Møller, ''Philosophy without Women'', p. xiii-xiv

Works

*''Philosophy without Women: the birth of sexism in Western thought'', Continuum, 2002

References

1949 births Living people Norwegian feminists Academic staff of the University of Bergen Norwegian classical scholars Norwegian women academics Norwegian women philosophers Scholars of feminist philosophy Scholars of ancient Greek philosophy 20th-century Norwegian philosophers 21st-century Norwegian philosophers {{Classical-scholar-stub