The philosophers directory
A list all of the philosophers that we'll look at on Pisp.co.uk along
with a few tidbits of information about them. This is by no means
comprehensive, there are a massive number of philosophers out there
in a equally massive range of fields!
As a British website we think it's only right to honour British
philosophers by putting a little flag by their name. We've also taken the liberty
of putting a cross next to those affiliated with the Roman Catholic
Church, hover
over the crosses for more information.
N.B. Where "church" is used, we're
referring to the Holy Roman Catholic Church unless otherwise
stated.
A lot of sources are cited on this page, so don't forget to
check out the footnotes.
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Anselm, (1034-1109)
Fidens quarens intellectens (faith seeks understanding)
Benedictine monk, second Norman Archbishop of Canterbury, and
philosophical theologian dubbed ‘the Father of Scholasticism’.1
Born at Aosta, Italy to a Lombard nobleman, he became Abbot of Bec
in France after studying Augustine.2 Anselm is famous for his
ontological argument in which he attempts to show the ultimate
ontological existence of God.
Articles on Pisp.co.uk: Ontology |
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Thomas Aquinas, (1225-1274)
- He was a Dominican friar
- He lived during the 13th century
- He was influenced by Aristotle
- He put forward the Cosmological Argument in ‘Summa Theologica’
Articles on Pisp.co.uk: Cosmology,
Teleology,
Natural Law
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Aristotle, (384 BCE-322 BCE)
Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist Aristotle, the son of
Nicomachus, physician at the court of Mayntas II of Macedon, was
born in Chalcis and moved to Athens in 367 BCE.3 Studied
with Plato at the academy and later tutored Alexander the Great,
Aristotle is considered the father of the modern scientific method.
Articles on Pisp.co.uk: Virtue ethics |
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Augustine of Hippo, (354-430)
Tolle et Lege,
tolle et lege! (Take up and read)4
Fourth century bishop and Roman Catholic Church doctor; Augustine's
intellectual brilliance, wide education, ardent temperament and
mystical insight made him a valuable asset to the Church.5
Through works like his Confessions, he sheds light on
humanity's creation, the sacraments and the Church.
Articles on Pisp.co.uk: The problem of evil
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Jeremy Bentham, (1748-1832)
Bentham's father and grandfather were both lawyers, and it was
expected of him to become a lawyer himself. However, whilst
following his legal studies, he became disgusted with the state of
English law and set out to create a new law system: utilitarianism.6
He is well known for his contributions to political philosophy,
ethics and economics.
Articles on Pisp.co.uk: Utilitarianism |
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George Berkeley, (1685-1753)
Esse est percipi (To be is to be perceived)
Berkeley is notorious for his contributions to idealism, the
apparent denial of the reality of any external world. A
protestant bishop born in 1685,7
he asserted that perceived objects cannot exist outside of the minds of the thinking things which
perceive them.
Articles on Pisp.co.uk: Idealism |
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Cicero, (106 BC-43 BC)
Marcus
Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist,
philosopher, and Roman constitutionalist.8 Widely lauded as one of
Rome's greatest orators; his surviving works include speeches,
treatises on rhetoric, philosophical documents and letters. He
exercised a considerable influence on thinkers of the Enlightenment,
particularly on David Hume.
Articles on Pisp.co.uk: None planned as of yet. |
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René Descartes, (1596-1650)
Cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore I am or Je pense donc je
suis)
A
pivotal figure in the great 17th-century revolution that marked the
emergence of modern philosophical and scientific thinking.9 He was
born at La Haye near Tours, and educated at the Jesuit college of La
Flèche. In his method of systematic doubt, he sought to doubt all of
his beliefs in order to move systematically to certainty.
Articles on Pisp.co.uk: Rationalism,
Scepticism, |
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Epicurus, (341 BC-270 BC) |
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Ludwig Feuerbach, (1804-1872) |
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Sigmund Freud, (1856-1939) |
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Edmund Gettier, (born 1927) |
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R. M. Hare, (1919-2002)
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Heraclitus of Ephesus, (ca. 535-475 BC) |
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John Hick, (born 1922)
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David Hume, (1711-1776)
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Carl Jung, (1875-1961) |
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Immanuel Kant, (1724-1804) |
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Søren Kierkegaard, (1813-1855) |
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John Locke, (1632-1704)
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John Stuart Mill, (1806-1873)
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G. E. Moore, (1873-1958)
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Friedrich Nietzsche, (1844-1900) |
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William Paley, (1743-1805)
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Alvin Plantinga, (born 1932) |
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Plato, (c. 427 BC-c. 347 BC) |
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Jean Jacques Rousseau, (1712-1778) |
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Bertrand Russell, (1872-1970)
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Sextus Empiricus, (2nd/3rd century) |
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Baruch Spinoza, (1632-1677) |
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Richard Swinburne, (born 1934)
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Paul Tillich, (1886-1965) |
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Voltaire, (1694-1778) |
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William of Ockham, (1288-1348)
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Alfred North Whitehead, (1861-1947)
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Ludwig Wittgenstein, (1889-1951) |
