Elizabeth Wolgast
Elizabeth Hankins Wolgast is an American philosopher. Wolgast was born in New Jersey.Education
Wolgast graduated from Cornell University in 1952, studying modern literature at both undergraduate and masters level. She then moved to the University of Washington, where she completed her PhD, focusing on skepticism.Work
Across her career, Wolgast taught and researched at a number of universities. In 1968, Wolgast was appointed to a teaching post at The Department of Philosophy at California State College at Hayward. She was later appointed an Emeritus Professor at the institution. Wolgast's work focused on liberal feminism, contemporary political philosophy, ethics and epistemology.Books
- Ethics of an Artificial Person
- The Grammar of Justice
- Equality and the Rights of Women
- Paradoxes of Knowledge
- Moral Paradigms, Philosophy, 1995, Vol. 70, No. 272: 143-155
- Innocence, Philosophy, 1993, Vol. 68, No. 265: 297-307
- The Virtue of a Representative, Social Theory and Practice, 1991, Vol. 17, No. 2: 273-293
- Moral Pluralism, Journal of Social Philosophy, 1990, Vol.23, No. 2-3: 108-116
- Whether Certainty is a Form of Life, Philosophical Quarterly, 1987, Vol. 37, No. 147: 151-165
- Wrong Rights Hypatia, 1987, Vol. 2, No. 1: 25-43
- Equality and the Rights of Women, Philosophical Review, 1984, Vol. 93, No.1: 93-97
