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«UNESCO, 18 November 2010 Proposal The objectives of this conference are to: • Enable women philosophers to discuss a theme of interest to the Network; • Promote the Network among a large World Philosophy Day audience; • Promote the Network among UNESCO Member State representatives. The theme for discussion at the conference will be: Women philosophers and “political correctness” or Femmes philosophes et le « politiquement correct » What does it mean to be a woman philosopher? Woman-cum-philosopher? Philosopher – woman? Is it possible to be both a woman and a philosopher? This question addresses balances of power, which vary greatly from culture to culture but are a real force in today’s societies. Philosopher – woman? The question here regards the predominance of masculine values in the very act of thinking about thought. It is then quite directly that the Network of Women Philosophers can have the objective, or give the impression, of disturbing or disrupting. G...

14 and 15 December 2009, UNESCO’s Headquarters, Paris