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John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill was a prominent British philosopher known for his advocacy of liberty and his development of utilitaria...

Ethics British Liberty Utilitarianism

9.3 Excellent

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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell was a prominent 20th-century British philosopher known for his contributions to logic, mathematics, and...

Language Logic British Analytic

9.3 Excellent

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Derek Parfit

Derek Parfit was a prominent British philosopher whose work profoundly impacted discussions of personal identity and mor...

Ethics Identity British Reasons

9.1 Excellent

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Bernard Williams

Bernard Williams was a prominent British philosopher specializing in ethics and political thought. He is recognized for...

Politics Ethics British Moral Psychology

8.9 Great

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Donald Davidson

Donald Davidson was a prominent 20th-century American philosopher specializing in language, action theory, and logic. Hi...

Language Action American Analytic

8.7 Great

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Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham was a prominent British philosopher of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He developed utilitarianis...

Law Ethics British Utilitarianism

8.6 Great

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Thomas Nagel

Thomas Nagel is an American philosopher whose work explores fundamental questions concerning morality, consciousness, an...

American Ethics Analytic Mind

8.4 Great

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J. L. Austin

J.L. Austin was a prominent British philosopher known for his work on language and meaning. He significantly advanced ph...

Language British Analytic Speech Acts

8.3 Great

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G. E. Moore

G.E. Moore (1873-1958) was a prominent British philosopher known for his defense of intuitive ethical thought. His Princ...

Ethics British Analytic Common Sense

8.2 Great

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P. F. Strawson

P.F. Strawson was a prominent British philosopher known for his contributions to logic, language, and metaphysics. His 1...

Language British Metaphysics Analytic

8.2 Great

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Gilbert Ryle

Gilbert Ryle was a prominent 20th-century British analytic philosopher known for his critique of traditional philosophic...

Language British Analytic Mind

8.1 Great

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Philippa Foot

Philippa Foot was a prominent British philosopher specializing in moral philosophy. Her work significantly advanced virt...

Ethics British Naturalism Virtue

8.1 Great

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Onora O'Neill

Onora O'Neill is a British philosopher whose work focuses on ethics, political philosophy, justice, trust, accountabilit...

Ethics British Justice Kantianism

7.9 Good

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Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was an Irish-born British novelist and philosopher who published 26 novels and several works of...

Literature Ethics British Platonism

7.8 Good

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A. J. Ayer

A. J. Ayer was a British analytic philosopher who played a central role in popularizing logical positivism throughout th...

Language British Analytic Positivism

7.6 Good

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Georg Henrik von Wright

Georg Henrik von Wright was a Finnish philosopher and logician who lived from 1916 to 2003 and worked within the analyti...

Logic 20TH Century Ethics Western

7.6 Good

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Simon Blackburn

Simon Blackburn is a British analytic philosopher, born in 1944, whose work addresses metaethics, philosophy of language...

Contemporary Ethics Western Analytic

7.5 Good

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Mary Midgley

Mary Midgley was a British moral philosopher known for her critical perspectives on reductionism and the increasing cult...

Science Ethics British Animals

7.4 Good

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Jonathan Dancy

British philosopher Jonathan Dancy (born 1946) is recognized as the founder of moral particularism, a theory in ethics t...

Contemporary Ethics Western Epistemology

7.2 Good

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Susan Wolf

Susan Wolf is an American philosopher whose work addresses ethics, moral psychology, free will, responsibility, and the...

Contemporary Ethics Western Analytic

7.1 Good