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David Hume

David Hume was a significant Scottish philosopher of the early-modern period. His work, particularly the *Treatise of Hu...

Empiricism Scottish Early Modern Skepticism

9.6 Brilliant

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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

9.6 Brilliant

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Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza was a prominent 17th-century Dutch philosopher known for his radical ideas. His *Ethics* presented a syst...

Dutch Metaphysics Early Modern Rationalism

9.4 Excellent

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John Locke

John Locke was an influential English philosopher of the early modern period. He developed empiricism, the idea that kno...

Empiricism Politics English Early Modern

9.4 Excellent

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Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes was an influential English philosopher of the early modern period. His work, particularly *Leviathan*, pre...

Politics English Early Modern Materialism

9.3 Excellent

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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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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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Epicurus

Epicurus was a Hellenistic Greek philosopher known for establishing Epicureanism. He advocated for a life focused on att...

Ethics Ancient Greek Epicureanism

9.2 Excellent

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Mencius

Mencius was a prominent Chinese philosopher living in the 4th century BCE. He significantly contributed to Confucian tho...

Ethics Ancient Chinese Confucianism

9.1 Excellent

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Soren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard was a 19th-century Danish philosopher and theologian known for his explorations of subjective experien...

Danish Ethics Existentialism Religion

9.1 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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Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft was a prominent English philosopher of the Enlightenment era. Her work, particularly *A Vindication...

Feminism English Rights Enlightenment

8.2 Great

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María Lugones

María Lugones (1944-2020) was an Argentine-American philosopher and feminist theorist whose work focused on issues of ra...

Contemporary Ethics Feminism Western

7.4 Good

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Seyla Benhabib

Seyla Benhabib is a prominent Turkish-American political philosopher and academic specializing in critical theory, femin...

Contemporary Ethics Feminism Political

7.3 Good

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Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan, born in Venice around 1364 and raised in France, was a writer whose works defended women's intellect...

French Medieval Ethics Feminism

7.2 Good

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Anne Conway

Anne Conway (1631-1679) was an English philosopher of the early modern period whose work challenged both Cartesian duali...

English Metaphysics Early Modern Monism

7.2 Good

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Maria Lugones

Maria Lugones was an Argentine-born feminist philosopher and professor who spent much of her career at Binghamton Univer...

Ethics Feminism Argentine Decolonial

7.2 Good

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Harriet Taylor Mill

Harriet Taylor Mill was an English philosopher and women's rights advocate known for her significant intellectual influe...

Ethics Feminism British Liberty

7.1 Good

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Margaret Cavendish

Margaret Cavendish was a 17th-century English philosopher, poet, playwright, and prose writer who published extensively...

Feminism English Early Modern Naturalism

7.0 Good