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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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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a prominent French philosopher known for his theories on human nature and governance. His work...

French Education Politics Enlightenment

9.2 Excellent

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Karl Popper

Karl Popper was a 20th-century Austrian-British philosopher of science who proposed falsifiability as the criterion for...

Science 20TH Century Political Western

8.9 Great

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Voltaire

Voltaire was a prominent French philosopher of the Enlightenment era. His writings, particularly *Candide*, challenged p...

French Religion Enlightenment Liberty

8.8 Great

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Thomas Kuhn

Thomas Kuhn was a 20th-century American philosopher and historian of science whose 1962 work The Structure of Scientific...

History 20TH Century Western Epistemology

8.8 Great

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Duns Scotus

John Duns Scotus was a 13th-century Scottish philosopher and theologian associated with the Franciscan order. He is nota...

Medieval Metaphysics Scottish Theology

8.7 Great

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Montesquieu

Jean-Jacques Montesquieu was a prominent French philosopher influential during the Enlightenment. His most significant w...

French Law Politics Enlightenment

8.7 Great

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Sextus Empiricus

Sextus Empiricus was a second-century Greek philosopher known for his systematic defense of Pyrrhonism, a school of skep...

Ancient Greek Epistemology Skepticism

8.6 Great

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Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot was a prominent French philosopher of the Enlightenment era. He is best known for his pivotal role in crea...

French Encyclopedia Materialism Enlightenment

8.6 Great

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Dharmakirti

Dharmakirti was a medieval Indian philosopher deeply involved in Buddhist epistemology. His influential *Pramavarttika*...

Indian Medieval Epistemology Buddhist

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Wilfrid Sellars

Wilfrid Sellars was a prominent American philosopher known for his work in epistemology and philosophy of mind. His key...

American Epistemology Analytic Mind

8.4 Great

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Alasdair MacIntyre

Alasdair MacIntyre is a prominent Scottish philosopher known for his work exploring the relationship between morality an...

Ethics Tradition Scottish Virtue

8.3 Great

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Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke was a prominent 18th-century philosopher known for his political theories. His writings, particularly *Refl...

Politics Irish Enlightenment Conservatism

8.2 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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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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Franz Brentano

Franz Brentano was a 19th-century Austrian philosopher who revived the concept of intentionality as the defining mark of...

19TH Century Psychology Western Epistemology

8.1 Great

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Ernst Mach

Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher who lived from 1838 to 1916 and investigated mechanics, optics, aco...

19TH Century Science Western Epistemology

8.0 Great

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Jaakko Hintikka

Jaakko Hintikka was a Finnish philosopher and logician who lived from 1929 to 2015 and made major contributions to epist...

Logic 20TH Century Western Epistemology

8.0 Great

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Imre Lakatos

Imre Lakatos was a Hungarian-born philosopher of mathematics and science who later worked in Britain. He developed the m...

Mathematics 20TH Century Western Epistemology

7.9 Good