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of philosophers, organized by subarea, nationality, religion, and time period.

Lists of philosophers by subfield

List of aestheticians This is a list of aestheticians, philosophers of art, who theorize about the nature of art and beauty. Born before 17th century *Abhinavagupta *Anandavardhana *Thomas Aquinas *Aristotle *Augustine of Hippo *Yusuf Balasagun * Liu Xie *Plato ...

List of critical theorists This is a list of critical theorists. {{Dynamic list A * Theodor Adorno * Karl-Otto Apel * Michael Apple B * Gad Barzilai * Jean Baudrillard * Zygmunt Bauman * Regina Becker-Schmidt * Walter Benjamin * Lauren Berlant * Michael Betancourt * ...

List of environmental philosophers A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of epistemologists This is a list of epistemologists, that is, people who theorize about the nature of knowledge, belief formation and the nature of justification. This list is by necessity incomplete, since countless other philosophers also deal with epistemolog ...

List of ethicists List of ethicists including religious or political figures recognized by those outside their tradition as having made major contributions to ideas about ethics, or raised major controversies by taking strong positions on previously unexplored pro ...

List of existentialists Existentialism is a movement within continental philosophy that developed in the late 19th and 20th centuries. As a loose philosophical school, some persons associated with existentialism explicitly rejected the label (e.g. Martin Heidegger), and ...

List of feminist philosophers This is a list of Feminist philosophy, feminist philosophers, that is, people who theorize about gender issues and female perspectives in different areas of philosophy. A *Carol J. Adams, Carol Adams *Jane Addams *Linda Martín Alcoff *Alia ...

List of humanists This is a partial list of notable Secular humanism, secular humanists. A *Clark Adams (1969–2007): Former president of the Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada, and a life member of the A ...

List of logicians A logician is a person who studies logic. Some famous logicians are listed below in English alphabetical transliteration order (by surname). __NOTOC__ A * Peter Abelard (France, 1079–1142) * Wilhelm Ackermann (Germany, 1896–1962) * Serge ...

List of metaphysicians This is a list of metaphysicians, philosophers who specialize in metaphysics. ''See also Lists of philosophers.'' Metaphysicians born BC * Pythagoras * Thales * Anaximander * Anaximenes * Xenophanes * Heraclitus * Parmenides * Zeno of Elea * ...

List of social and political philosophers The following is an index of sociopolitical thinkers listed by the first name. Alphabetical list Lists of other social and political philosophers * List of Confucianists *List of critical theorists *List of Existentialists * List of politic ...

List of phenomenologists This is a list of phenomenology (philosophy), phenomenologists * Edmund Husserl * Martin Heidegger * Heinrich Rombach * Edith Stein * Moritz Geiger * Aron Gurwitsch * Alfred Schütz * Felix Kaufmann * Roman Ingarden * Herbert Spiegelberg * Maur ...

* List of philosophers of language * List of philosophers of mind * List of philosophers of religion *

List of philosophers of science This is a chronological list of philosophers of science. For an alphabetical name-list, see :Philosophers of science. Before the 16th century * Socrates * Democritus * Plato * Aristotle * Empedocles * Al-Ghazali * Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen) * Robe ...

List of political philosophers This is a list of notable political philosophers, including some who may be better known for their work in other areas of philosophy. The entries are in order by year of birth to show rough direction of influences and of development of political ...

List of political theorists A political theorist is someone who engages in constructing or evaluating political theory, including political philosophy. Theorists may be academics or independent scholars. Here the most notable political theorists are categorized by their - ...

List of rationalists In philosophy and in its current sense, rationalism is a line of thought that appeals to reason or the intellect as a primary or fundamental source of knowledge or justification".Lacey, A. R. (1996), ''A Dictionary of Philosophy'', 1st edition, R ...

List of utilitarians This is an incomplete list of advocates of utilitarianism and/or consequentialism. Deceased Ancient * Epicurus *Lucretius * Mozi 17th century * Richard Cumberland * John Gay * Bernard MandevilleF. B. Kaye, "The Writings of Bernard Mandeville: ...

Lists of philosophers by language or nationality

* List of Afghan philosophers *

List of American philosophers This is a list of American philosophers; of philosophers who are either from, or spent many productive years of their lives in the United States. {, border="0" style="margin:auto;" class="toccolours" , - ! {{MediaWiki:Toc , - , style="text-ali ...

List of Jewish American philosophers This is an incomplete list of notable American Jews, Jewish American philosophers. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews, Lists of Jewish Americans. For a list of Jewish philosophers, see . * Max Black, analytic philosopher *Ha ...

List of Armenian philosophers This is a list of Armenian scientists. List A * Alexander Abian (1923–1999) mathematician * Evgeny Aramovich Abramyan (1930–2014) founder of several research directions in the Soviet and Russian nuclear technology * Sarkis Acopian (1926� ...

List of Basque philosophers This is a list of notable Basque people. For this purpose, people considered are those hailing from the extended Basque Country (includes the Basque Autonomous Community, the French Basque Country and Navarre). In particular * born or resi ...

List of British philosophers This page provides a list of British philosophers; of people who either worked within Great Britain, or the country's citizens working abroad. __NOTOC__ A * A.J. Ayer B * Francis Bacon * Roger Bacon * Julian Baggini * Thomas Baldwin * Alexande ...

List of Canadian philosophers This page lists philosophers from Canada. {{Dynamic list *Leslie Armour, Research Professor of Philosophy at Dominican University College, and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa *Vernon J. Bourke (1907-1988), Professor of ...

List of Chinese philosophers This article is a list of Chinese philosophers. Ancient philosophers Confucianism * Confucius, arguably the most influential Chinese philosopher ever. * Dong Zhongshu, integrated Yin Yang cosmology into a Confucian ethical framework. * Gaozi ...

List of Finnish philosophers This is a list of notable Finnish philosophers: {{Dynamic list A *Elisa Aaltola * Erik Ahlman *Timo Airaksinen * Lilli Alanen B *Otto Brusiin E * Hjalmar Magnus Eklund F *Arvi Grotenfelt H * Arto Haapala *Pekka Himanen *Jaakko Hintikka * Matti ...

List of French philosophers A list of notable French philosophers: {{Columns-list, colwidth=22em, *Pierre Abélard *Sylviane Agacinski *Pierre d'Ailly * Alain *Ferdinand Alquié *Louis Althusser * Bernard Andrieu *Anselm of Laon *Antoine Arnauld *Raymond Aron *Gwenaëlle ...

List of German-language philosophers This is a list of German language, German-language philosophers. The following individuals have written philosophical texts in the German language. Many are categorized as :German philosophers, German philosophers or :Austrian philosophers, Aust ...

List of Icelandic philosophers This is a list of notable Icelandic philosophers: {{Dynamic list A * Arnór Hannibalsson B * Brynjólfur_Bjarnason G * Guðmundur Finnbogason H * Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson J * Jón Ólafsson of Grunnavík O * Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir P ...

List of Indian philosophers Indian philosophy, the systems of thought and reflection that were developed by the civilizations of the Indian subcontinent. They include both orthodox ('' astika'') systems, namely, the Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Purva-Mimamsa (or Mimamsa ...

* List of Iranian philosophers *

List of Italian philosophers This list presents Italian philosophers, very broadly defined, classified chronologically by historical era. Italics philosophers * Ocellus Lucanus * Parmenides * Zeno of Elea * Corax of Syracuse * Tisias * Onatas * Hippo * Hippasus * Epich ...

List of Korean philosophers This is a sortable list of Korean philosophers. List ;Three Kingdoms *Woncheuk 원측 圓測 (613–696) *Wonhyo 원효 元曉 (617–686) ''see Essence-Function'' *Uisang 의상 義湘 (625–702) *Seol Chong 설총 薛聰 (650–730) ;Gory ...

* List of Kurdish philosophers *

List of Lithuanian philosophers This is a list of Lithuanian Philosophy, philosophers: {{Dynamic list A *Mantas Adomėnas *Antanas Andrijauskas *Loreta Anilionytė B *Audrius Beinorius D *Mykolas Dluskis *Leonidas Donskis *Pranas Dovydaitis G *Bronislovas Genzelis *Juozas Girn ...

* List of Romanian philosophers * List of Russian philosophers *

List of Slovene philosophers Slovene philosophy includes philosophers who were either Slovenes or came from what is now Slovenia. Medieval philosophy *Herman of Carinthia ( 1100 – 1160) Renaissance *Matija Hvale (Latinisation of names, Latinized: Matthias Qualle) (1470� ...

List of Turkish philosophers A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

Lists of philosophers by religion

List of atheist philosophers There have been many philosophers in recorded history who were atheists. This is a list of atheist philosophers with articles in Wikipedia. Living persons in this list are people relevant to their notable activities or public life, and who have p ...

List of Buddhist philosophers This is a list of notable Buddhists, encompassing all the major branches of the religion (i.e. in Buddhism), and including interdenominational and eclectic Buddhist practitioners. This list includes both formal teachers of Buddhism, and people not ...

List of Catholic philosophers and theologians This is a list of Catholic philosophers and theologians whose Catholicism is important to their works. The names are ordered by date of birth in order to give a rough sense of influence between thinkers. Ancient (born before 500 AD) *Ignatius o ...

List of Muslim philosophers Muslim philosophers both profess Islam and engage in a style of philosophy situated within the structure of the Arabic language and Islam, though not necessarily concerned with religious issues. The sayings of the companions of Muhammad containe ...

Lists of philosophers by name

List of philosophers (A–C) Philosophers ''(and others important in the history of philosophy)'', listed alphabetically: ::''Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.'' A * Nicola A ...

* List of philosophers (D–H) *

List of philosophers (I–Q) Philosophers ''(and others important in the history of philosophy)'', listed alphabetically: ::''Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.'' I * Iamblich ...

List of philosophers (R–Z) Philosophers ''(and others important in the history of philosophy)'', listed alphabetically: ::''Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.'' R * Françoi ...

Lists of philosophers by time period

List of ancient Greek philosophers This list of ancient Greek philosophers contains philosophers who studied in ancient Greece or spoke Greek. Ancient Greek philosophy began in Miletus with the pre-Socratic philosopher ThalesRussell, Bertrand. "The History of Western Philosophy." ...

List of ancient Platonists Platonists are followers of Platonism, the philosophy of Plato. Platonism can be said to have begun when Plato founded his academy c. 385 BC. Ancient Platonism went on to last until the end of the last remaining pagan school of Platonism in Alexand ...

List of Cynic philosophers This is a list of Cynic philosophers, ordered (roughly) by date. The criteria for inclusion in this list is fairly mild. ''See also :Cynic philosophers''. See also * List of ancient Greek philosophers *List of ancient Platonists *List of Epicu ...

List of Epicurean philosophers This is a list of Epicurean philosophers, ordered (roughly) by date. ''See also :Epicurean philosophers''. See also * List of ancient Greek philosophers *List of ancient Platonists *List of Cynic philosophers *List of Stoic philosophers This i ...

List of Stoic philosophers This is a list of Stoic philosophers, ordered (roughly) by date. The criteria for inclusion in this list are fairly mild. ''See also :Stoic philosophers''. Timeline DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:1000 height:250 PlotArea = left:15 right ...

* List of scholastic philosophers

Lists of philosophers by century

List of philosophers born in the centuries BC Philosophers born in the centuries BC (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically: ::''Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed ...

List of philosophers born in the 1st through 10th centuries Philosophers born in the 1st through 10th centuries (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically: :''Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the lis ...

List of philosophers born in the 11th through 14th centuries Philosophers born in the 11th through 14th centuries (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically: ::''Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the l ...

* List of philosophers born in the 15th and 16th centuries *

List of philosophers born in the 17th century Philosophers born in the 17th century (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically: ::''Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed ...

List of philosophers born in the 18th century Philosophers born in the 18th century (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically: ::''Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is dispute ...

List of philosophers born in the 19th century Philosophers born in the 19th century (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically: ::''Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is dispute ...

* List of philosophers born in the 20th century

Timelines

Timeline of Eastern philosophers This is a wide-ranging alphabetical list of philosophers from the Eastern traditions of philosophy, with special interest in Indo-Chinese philosophy. The list stops at the year 1950, after which philosophers fall into the category of contemporar ...

Timeline of Western philosophers This is a list of philosophers from the Western tradition of philosophy. Western philosophers Greek philosophers 600–500 BCE * Thales of Miletus (c. 624 – 546 BCE). Of the Milesian school. Believed that all was made of water. * Pherecydes ...

Miscellaneous

* List of women philosophers *

List of nicknames of philosophers Some philosophers have commonly used nicknames. All the nicknames on this list have sources that attest to their use. Nicknames *Artist's Philosopher: Arthur Schopenhauer *Beekeeper Philosopher: Richard Taylor *Father of Existentialism: Søre ...

Deaths of philosophers The documented history of philosophy is often said to begin with the notable death of Socrates. Since that time, there have been many other noteworthy deaths of philosophers. List *475 BCE - Neanthes of Cyzicus reported that Heraclitus died cov ...

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