Philosopher Directory

32 philosophers
Eras & Traditions
Ancient & Classical
c. 600 BCE – 500 CE
Eastern Philosophy
c. 800 BCE – present
Medieval
c. 500 – 1500
Early Modern
c. 1500 – 1800
Modern Philosophy
c. 1780 – 1950
Contemporary
c. 1900 – present
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Name ↑Years
Movement
Era & Tradition
Branch
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Elizabeth Anscombe
Anscombe, Elizabeth
1919–2001
Analytic
Contemporary
Ethics, Philosophy of Mind
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0
0
Rudolf Carnap
Carnap, Rudolf
1891–1970
Positivism
Contemporary
Logic, Philosophy of Science
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0
0
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky, Noam
b. 1928
Analytic
Contemporary
Philosophy of Language, Political Philosophy
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2
0
Donald Davidson
Davidson, Donald
1917–2003
Analytic
Contemporary
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language
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0
0
Philippa Foot
Foot, Philippa
1920–2010
Analytic
Contemporary
Ethics, Metaphysics
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0
0
Gottlob Frege
Frege, Gottlob
1848–1925
Analytic
Contemporary
Logic, Philosophy of Language
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1
0
Saul Kripke
Kripke, Saul
1940–2022
Analytic
Contemporary
Logic, Philosophy of Language
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0
0
Thomas Kuhn
Kuhn, Thomas
1922–1996
Analytic
Contemporary
Philosophy of Science, Epistemology
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0
0
Alasdair MacIntyre
MacIntyre, Alasdair
1929–
Analytic
Contemporary
Ethics, Political Philosophy
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1
0
John McDowell
McDowell, John
b. 1942
Analytic
Contemporary
Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology
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1
0
George Edward Moore
Moore, George Edward
1873–1958
Analytic
Contemporary
Ethics, Epistemology
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0
0
Thomas Nagel
Nagel, Thomas
b. 1937
Analytic
Contemporary
Philosophy of Mind, Ethics
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1
0
Robert Nozick
Nozick, Robert
1938–2002
Analytic
Contemporary
Political Philosophy, Ethics
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0
0
Martha Nussbaum
Nussbaum, Martha
b. 1947
Analytic
Contemporary
Ethics, Political Philosophy
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1
0
Alvin Plantinga
Plantinga, Alvin
1932–
Analytic
Contemporary
Philosophy of Religion, Epistemology
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0
0
Karl Popper
Popper, Karl
1902–1994
Analytic
Contemporary
Epistemology, Philosophy of Science
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0
0
Hilary Putnam
Putnam, Hilary
1926–2016
Analytic
Contemporary
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language
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0
0
W.V.O. Quine
Quine, Willard Van Orman
1908–2000
Analytic
Contemporary
Epistemology, Logic
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0
0
John Rawls
Rawls, John
1921–2002
Analytic
Contemporary
Political Philosophy, Ethics
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1
0
Joseph Raz
Raz, Joseph
1939–2022
Analytic
Contemporary
Political Philosophy, Ethics
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1
0
Richard Rorty
Rorty, Richard
1931–2007
Pragmatism
Contemporary
Epistemology, Political Philosophy
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0
0
Bertrand Russell
Russell, Bertrand
1872–1970
Analytic
Contemporary
Logic, Epistemology
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0
0
George Santayana
Santayana, George
1863–1952
Analytic
Contemporary
Metaphysics, Ethics
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1
0
John Searle
Searle, John
1932–
Analytic
Contemporary
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language
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2
0
Amartya Sen
Sen, Amartya
b. 1933
Analytic
Contemporary
Political Philosophy, Ethics
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0
0
Henry Sidgwick
Sidgwick, Henry
1838–1900
Utilitarianism
Modern
Ethics
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0
0
Peter Singer
Singer, Peter
b. 1946
Utilitarianism
Contemporary
Ethics, Political Philosophy
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1
0
Richard Swinburne
Swinburne, Richard
1934–
Analytic
Contemporary
Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics
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0
0
Judith Jarvis Thomson
Thomson, Judith Jarvis
1929–2020
Analytic
Contemporary
Ethics, Metaphysics
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1
0
Alfred North Whitehead
Whitehead, Alfred North
1861–1947
Process Philosophy
Modern
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mathematics
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3
0
Bernard Williams
Williams, Bernard
1929–2003
Analytic
Contemporary
Ethics, Philosophy of Mind
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0
0
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
1889–1951
Analytic
Contemporary
Logic, Philosophy of Language
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—
0
0
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