Scholars working on recovering forgotten historical women philosophers have noted the importance of looking beyond traditional philosophical genres. This strategy is particularly important for finding Scottish women philosophers. By considering non-canonical genres, we can see the philosophical interest of the works of Scottish poet and playwright Joanna Baillie (1762–1851), who presents an account of “sympathetic curiosity” as one of the basic principles of the human mind. Baillie's work is also interesting for being a rare case of a woman's philosophical work that was discussed in print by another woman philosopher – in this case, by Elizabeth Hamilton (1758–1816), who argues for the importance of a feature of human nature that she calls the “selfish principle.” The article suggests that focusing on critical engagements between historical women philosophers can help integrate their texts into the history of philosophy without presenting them as “handmaidens” to male philosophers.

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乔安娜·贝利谈同情好奇心和伊丽莎白·汉密尔顿的批评

致力于恢复被遗忘的历史女性哲学家的学者们指出了超越传统哲学流派的重要性。这一策略对于寻找苏格兰女性哲学家尤其重要。通过考虑非经典流派，我们可以看到苏格兰诗人和剧作家乔安娜·贝利（Joanna Baillie，1762-1851）作品的哲学兴趣，她将“同情好奇心”描述为人类思维的基本原则之一。贝利的作品也很有趣，因为它是女性哲学著作中的一个罕见案例，另一位女性哲学家在印刷品中对此进行了讨论——在这个案例中，伊丽莎白·汉密尔顿（Elizabeth Hamilton，1758-1816）主张人性的一个特征的重要性，即她称之为“自私原则”。文章认为，关注历史上女性哲学家之间的批判性接触有助于将她们的文本融入哲学史，而不会将她们视为男性哲学家的“女仆”。