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John J. Conley

Disciplines:
philosophy
feminist philosophy
philosophy of religion/catholic philosophy

Summary

American Jesuit philosopher who has contributed to the recovery of women philosophers in the early modern period and to Catholic moral philosophy.

Core Contribution

The Suspicion of Virtue: Women Philosophers in Neoclassical France — recovers early modern French women philosophers (Marie de Gournay, Madeleine de Scudéry) marginalized from the canon.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Suspicion of Virtue

Historical Influences

Thomism Early Modern Philosophy

Intellectual Lineage

Catholic Philosophy History of Philosophy

Contemporaries & Peers

No recorded contemporaries.

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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