# Three female philosophers you’ve probably never heard of in the field of big consciousness #### 2019 - Emily Thomas **Link**: http://theconversation.com/three-female-philosophers-youve-probably-never-heard-of-in-the-field-of-big-consciousness-126974 **DOI**: **Links**: **Tags**: **zotLink**: [zot](zotero://select/items/@thomasThreeFemalePhilosophers2019) ###Abstract ``` This World Philosophy Day we remember three female philosophers who are largely unknown, yet made important contributions to idealism ``` ### Notes-Highlights Argument If all the ravens you’d ever seen were black, you would believe all ravens are black. Similarly, as conscious beings, we only experience mental stuff: perceptions, thoughts, feelings. As a conscious being, it is impossible to experience the world without mental stuff: a totally unconscious person experiences nothing. As humans only experience mental stuff, that gives us reason to believe there is only mental stuff. If this is so, the universe must be mental stuff: consciousness.