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René Descartes

René Descartes was a prominent 17th-century philosopher instrumental in shaping Western thought. His work, particularly...

Western Metaphysics Epistemology Early Modern

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a prominent 19th-century German philosopher known for his complex system of thought. H...

19TH Century Western Metaphysics Dialectic

9.5 Brilliant

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Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard was a 19th-century Danish thinker whose work profoundly shaped Western philosophy. He explored themes...

19TH Century Ethics Existentialism Western

9.3 Excellent

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Karl Popper

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Science 20TH Century Political Western

8.9 Great

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Thomas Kuhn

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History 20TH Century Western Epistemology

8.8 Great

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Henri Poincaré

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Mathematics 19TH Century Western Philosophy Of Science

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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

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Nature 19TH Century Western Metaphysics

8.2 Great

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Ernst Mach

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19TH Century Science Western Epistemology

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Jaakko Hintikka

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Logic 20TH Century Western Epistemology

8.0 Great

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Paul Feyerabend

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20TH Century Western Epistemology Anarchism

7.9 Good

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Imre Lakatos

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Mathematics 20TH Century Western Epistemology

7.9 Good

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Friedrich Schleiermacher

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19TH Century Ethics Western Theology

7.8 Good

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Timothy Williamson

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7.8 Good

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Pierre Duhem

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History 20TH Century Western Epistemology

7.8 Good

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Moritz Schlick

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20TH Century Western Epistemology Analytic

7.7 Good

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Gaston Bachelard

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Aesthetics 20TH Century Western Epistemology

7.7 Good

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Wilhelm Dilthey

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History 19TH Century Western Epistemology

7.6 Good

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Maurice Blanchot

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20TH Century Literature Ethics Western

7.3 Good

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Jonathan Dancy

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Contemporary Ethics Western Epistemology

7.2 Good

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Norman Malcolm

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20TH Century Western Epistemology Theology

7.1 Good