|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
|
|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
Philosopher
|
|
|
2005 Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher
2003 Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish Philosopher 2002 Norman O. Brown, American Philosopher 2002 Robert Nozick, American Philosopher 1998 Kerry Thornley, American Philosopher 1998 Nelson Goodman, American Philosopher 1997 Owen Barfield, philosopher of language, dies at 99 1997 George Armin Goyder, businessman and social philosopher, dies at 88 1996 Sigmund Koch, psychologist/philosopher, dies at 79 1996 Jose Maria Valverde, philosopher poet/translator, dies at 70 1996 Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher, dies at 86 1996 Hans Blumenberg, philosopher, dies at 75 1995 Emmanuel Levinas, philosopher, dies at 89 1995 Gillian Rose, philosopher and writer, dies at 48 1995 Gilles Deleuze, philosopher, dies at 70 1994 Ivan Svitak, philosopher, dies at 69 1994 Sarah Kofman, philosopher, dies at 60 1994 Andreas van Melsen, philosopher (Evolution and Wosbegeerte), dies at 81 1994 Karl R Popper, philosopher (Poverty of Historianism), dies at 92 1994 Karl Popper, Austrian Philosopher 1994 Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies 1994 Donald McKenzie MacKinnon, philosopher, dies at 80 1994 Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austria social philosopher/economist, dies at 84 1994 Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84 1993 Kenneth Burke, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University, dies of heart failure at his home in Andover, New Jersey 1993 Wim van Dooren, theologist/humanist/philosopher, dies 1993 Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, Egyptian philosopher/author/diplomat, dies at 88 1993 Bernard Delfgaauw, philosopher (Johnson murderer!), dies at 80 1993 Henry Hazlitt, American Philosopher 1992 Vernon Howard, spiritual teacher, speaker, philosopher, author, wrote humor books, children's books, spoke and wrote about self-development, self-awareness, spiritual, psychological growth, dies 1991 Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101 1990 Michael Oakeshott, English Philosopher 1990 Nistani Keiji, philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan 1990 Louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies 1990 Manly Hall, Canadian Philosopher 1990 Norbert Elias, German/English/Netherlands philosopher/sociologist, dies 1989 Alfred J Ayer, English philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies 1987 James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism), dies at 81 1986 Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), dies at 90 1985 Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist, dies at 83 1983 R Buckminster Fuller, inventor/philosopher, dies in LA at 87 1981 Paul Brunton, British Philosopher 1980 Marshall McLuhan, Canadian cultural philosopher, dies at 69 1979 Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (Eros and Civilization), dies at 81 1978 Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70 1977 Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in East Germany 1977 Emil Bloch, German philosopher (Principle Hope, Traces), dies at 92 1977 Jan Patocka, Czechoslovakian philosopher, dies in prison 1977 Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher/lawyer, dies at 82 1976 Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86 1976 Oscar Espla, Spanish philosopher/composer (Sonata del Sur), dies at 89 1973 Alan Watts, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation', died of heart failure at the age of 58 1973 Leo Strauss, German Philosopher 1973 Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist and philosopher dies 1973 Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 78 1971 Ferdinand LR Sassen, priest/philosopher (Descartes), dies at 77 1971 Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77 1971 Gyorgy Lukacs, Hungarian philosopher, dies at 86 1970 Lucien Goldmann, Romanian/French sociologist/philosopher, dies 1970 Rudolph Carnap, German philosopher/mathematician, dies at 79 1970 Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica), dies at 77 1970 Bertrand Russell, philosopher, British MP, dies in Merioneth at 97 1969 Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 65 1969 Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87 1969 Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86 1965 Martin Buber, German/Israel philosopher/zionist/theologist, dies at 87 1965 Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher (Das Sein in der Zeit), dies 1965 William H Kilpatrick, U.S. mathematician/philosopher, dies at 93 1964 Alexander Meiklejohn, English Philosopher 1964 French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize 1964 Ian Hart, born in Liverpool, England, actor, theater, television, film roles include, 'Michael Collins', 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' 1962 Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water and Dreams), dies at 78 1962 Hu Shih, Chinese Philosopher 1961 Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 1961 Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 1960 J. L. Austin, English Philosopher 1959 Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60 1958 Lion Feuchtwanger, Germ/US philosopher (Judische Krieg), dies at 74 1958 Lion Feuchtwanger, philosopher and writer (Der falsche Nero), dies at 74 1958 George Edward Moore, English Philosopher 1958 Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76 1956 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83 1956 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher/graphologist, dies at 83 1956 Julien Benda, French philosopher and writer (La trahison des clercs), dies 1956 Judith Butler, born in Cleveland, Ohio, philosopher, professor, U of C, Berkeley, specialty, post-structuralism, Ph. D. Yale University, areas of study include feminist theory, Jewish philosophy, ethics, sexuality, developed idea of sex and gender as social construction 1956 Gerrit Mannoury, mathematician/philosopher, dies at 88 1955 Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72 1955 Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies 1955 Eugen Herrigel, Zen philosopher/scholar, dies in Germany at 70 1955 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher 1955 Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher 1954 F Henri Berr, French occurence philosopher (L'hymne la vie), dies 1954 Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, Spanish essayist/philosopher, dies at 71 1954 William R Inge, English theologist/philosopher, dies at 93 1952 Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86 1952 George Santayana, U.S. philosopher/poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88 1952 John Dewey, U.S. philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92 1951 Philipp A Kohnstamm, Dutch philosopher/physicist, dies at 76 1951 Alain, Emile-Auguste Chartier, French philosopher, dies at 83 1951 Ludwig J J Wittgenstein, Austria/English philosopher, dies at 62 1951 Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher 1950 Sri Aurobindo, Indian Philosopher 1950 Ramana Maharshi, Indian Philosopher 1949 P-M-B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies at 86 1949 Leonard Bloomfield, linguist/philosopher, dies 1949 Ken Wilber, American Philosopher 1948 Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian Philosopher 1947 Gillian Rose, philosopher and writer 1947 Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher 1947 Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77 1946 Herman Harrell Horne, philosopher (idealism) 1946 Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65 1945 Otto Neurath, Austrian/British philosopher, dies at 63 1945 Albert J. Nock, American Philosopher 1945 Paul Valery, philosopher, writer, poet, elected to Academie francaise, 1925, founder, the College International de Cannes, 1931, dies at 73 1945 Nishida Kitaro, scholar/philosopher/Zen practitioner, dies at 74 1945 Theodor Haecker, German cultural philosopher (Mensch?), dies at 65 1944 Roger Scruton, philosopher 1943 Simone Weil, French philosopher (Le pesanteur et la grace), dies at 34 1943 Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter, dies at 50 1943 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53 1942 Edith Stein, German philosopher, dies 1942 Titus, Anno S, Brandsma, philosopher (Dachau), dies 1942 Daniel Dennett, born in Boston, Massachusetts, philosopher, atheist, focus of study includes philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, relative to cognitive science and evolutionary biology 1941 Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61 1941 Radindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher/poet/writer, dies at 80 1941 Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81 1938 Robert Nozick, American Philosopher 1938 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Space, time and deity), dies at 79 1938 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79 1938 Kerry Thornley, American Philosopher 1938 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66 1937 Tomas G. Masaryk, philosopher/president of Czechoslovakian 1918 - 1935, dies at 87 1937 Ferdinand CS Schiller, British philosopher (Mind!), dies at 72 1937 Thomas Nagel, Yugoslavian Philosopher 1937 Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 1937 Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about 72 1937 Alain Badiou, born in Rabat, Morocco, influential French philosopher, chair, subscribes to an anti-postmodern form of continental philosophy 1936 Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Span philosopher/poet (Cancionero), dies at 72 1936 Margaret Boden, philosopher 1936 Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies 1936 Ian Hacking, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, analytic philosopher, wrote, 'The Emergence of Probability', brings historical approach to the philosophy of science, won Canda's Killam Prize for the Humanities in 2002 1935 Dallas Willard, American Philosopher 1934 Sarah Kofman, philosopher 1933 Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81 1933 Michael Novak, American Philosopher 1933 Susan Sontag, born in New York City, Susan Rosenblatt, New York, writer, author, filmmaker, philosopher, political activist, 'Against Interpretation' established reputation as 'the Dark Lady of American Letters' 1932 John Searle, American Philosopher 1931 Richard Rorty, born in New York City, philosopher, focused on philosophy of language, of mind, politics, literary theory 1931 Sri Chinmoy, Indian Philosopher 1931 George H. Mead, American Philosopher 1931 George Herbert Mead, American Philosopher 1930 Jacques Derrida, French Philosopher 1929 Max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52 1929 Jean Baudrillard, born in France, cultural theorist, philosopher, photographer, known for his concept of hyper-reality 1929 Jurgen Habermas, German Philosopher 1928 Robert M. Pirsig, American Philosopher 1928 Max Scheler, German philosopher, dies at 53 1927 Leonard Nelson, Germany philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45 1927 Leszek Kolakowski, Polish philosopher, Conversations with the Devil 1927 Brooks Adams, U.S. philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78 1926 Michel Foucault, French philosopher, History of Sexuality 1926 Paul-Michel Foucault, French philosopher, Les Mots et les Choses 1926 Rudolf C Eucken, German philosopher (Nobel 1908), dies at 80 1926 Hilary Putnam, American Philosopher 1926 Jose Maria Valverde, philosopher poet/translator 1926 Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74 1925 Paul Kurtz, American Philosopher 1925 Ivan Svitak, philosopher 1925 Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at 64 1925 Gilles Deleuze, philosopher 1924 Francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism), dies 1924 F. H. Bradley, British Philosopher 1924 William Gass, Fargo ND, novelist/philosopher, Omensetter's Luck 1923 Fritz Mauthner, German author/philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73 1923 Ernest Mandel, Belgian philosopher and economist 1923 John Venn, British Philosopher 1922 Paul Barth, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 64 1922 Georges Sorel, French social philosopher, dies at 74 1922 Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67 1921 Benno Erdmann, German philosopher (Logik I), dies at 69 1920 Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher, dies 1920 Hans Blumenberg, philosopher 1919 Peter Strawson, English philosopher 1919 Ernst Haeckel, German philosopher (Social Darwinism), dies at 85 1919 Johan A Der Mouw, Dutch philosopher/poet, dies at 56 1919 Paul Deusen, German philosopher/CEO (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft), dies 1919 Jacob Verdam, philosopher, dies 1919 Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher and writer, dies at 62 1918 Louis Althusser, French philosopher, For Marx, Strangled His Wife 1918 Vernon Howard, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, spiritual teacher, speaker, philosopher, author, wrote humor books, children's books, spoke and wrote about self-development, self-awareness, spiritual, psychological growth 1916 Josiah Royce, U.S. philosopher (Conception of Immortality), dies 1916 Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish Philosopher 1916 Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist/philosopher/psychologist, dies at 78 1915 Alan Watts, born in Kent, England, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation' 1914 Charles Peguy, French Philosopher 1914 Charles Pierce, philosopher/scientist, dies 1913 Donald McKenzie MacKinnon, philosopher 1913 Lucien Goldmann, Romania/French sociologist/philosopher, Le dieu cache 1913 Roger Garaudy, French philosopher 1913 Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher 1912 Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher, Johnson murderer! 1912 Carl F von Weiszacker, German physicist/philosopher 1912 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Kant and Epigones), dies at 71 1911 Wilhelm Dilthey, Germ philosopher (Das Leben Schleiermans), dies at 77 1911 Reginald Victor Jones, CH, FRS natural philosopher 1911 Alphonse de Waelhens, Flemish philosopher, Psychosis 1911 J. L. Austin, English Philosopher 1910 Alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician 1910 William James, American Philosopher 1910 Jurgen Rausch, German philosopher/author, End of the Playboys 1909 Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher 1909 Isaiah Berlin, philosopher 1909 Mohammad Khatami, Iranian Philosopher 1909 Leonard Peikoff, Canadian Philosopher 1909 Max Black, Dutch/British/U.S. philosopher, analytical philosophy 1909 Simone Weil, born in Paris, social philosopher/Resistance fighter, WW II 1908 Evert W. Beth, Dutch mathematician/philosopher 1908 George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher 1908 Maurice, Jean Jacques, Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher 1907 Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher 1906 Nelson Goodman, American Philosopher 1905 Emmanuel Levinas, philosopher 1905 Eugen Fink, German philosopher 1905 James Burnham, philosopher, Coming Defeat of Communism 1905 Carl Gustav Hempel, German Logical Positivist philosopher 1904 Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria sociologist/philosopher, dies at 62 1904 Dorothy Emmet, philosopher 1904 Rudolf Arnheim, born in Berlin, German-born author, art and film theorist, philosopher, psychologist 1903 Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 1903 Otto Weininger, Austrian Philosopher 1903 Alexander Bain, Scottish Philosopher 1903 Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist 1903 Charles Renouvier, French philosopher (neo criticism), dies 1902 Mortimer Adler, American Philosopher 1902 Sidney Hook, anticommunist philosopher, Paradoxes of Freedom 1902 Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian/British philosopher, Logic of Forschung 1902 Karl Popper, Austrian Philosopher 1902 Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays', dies 1901 Michael Oakeshott, English Philosopher 1901 John Fiske, Edmund Fisk Green, U.S. historian/philosopher, dies 1901 Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist 1901 Manly Hall, Canadian Philosopher 1901 Eric Voegelin, Germany, U.S. philosopher, Order and History 1900 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies 1900 Friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 55 1900 Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher 1900 Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher 1900 James Martineau, English Philosopher 1899 Leo Strauss, German Philosopher 1899 Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher 1899 John Randall, Jr., Michigan, historian/philosopher, Western Man 1898 Owen Barfield, philosopher of language 1898 Herbert Marcuse, Berlin, communist philosopher, Eros and Civilization 1898 Hendrik J Pos, Dutch philosopher/CEO, Committee of Watchfulness 1898 Joachim Wach, German/US philosopher/sociologist, Understanding 1897 Norbert Elias, English/Dutch philosopher, Process of Civilization 1897 Kenneth Burke, born in America, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University 1896 Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies 1895 Susanne Langer, U.S., philosopher/educator, Philosophy in a New Key 1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher, Songs of Life 1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher, Songs of Life 1895 Lucian Blaga, Romaniams philosopher/poet, Dogmatic Aeon 1895 Ernest Junger, German philosopher, Anschwellender Bocksgesang 1895 Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist, Studies in prejudice 1894 Henry Hazlitt, American Philosopher 1894 Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher/lawyer 1894 Ferdinand Sassen, Dutch philosopher/director 1894 Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher 1893 Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, dies at 64 1893 Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher, Studia philosophica 1892 Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter 1892 Ernest Renan, French Philosopher 1891 Hu Shih, Chinese Philosopher 1891 Dirk Vollenhoven, Dutch composer/philosopher 1891 Edith Stein, German philosopher 1891 Rudolf Carnap, philosopher, German Logical Positivist 1891 Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist 1890 Ferdinand Gonseth, Swiss mathematician/philosopher 1890 Eino Kaila, Finnish psychologist/philosopher 1890 Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher 1890 Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher, Problem des Bosen 1890 Francis Bowen, American Philosopher 1889 Honore-Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher/playwright 1889 Margriet M C Baers, Flemish philosopher 1889 Ludwig Wittgenstein, born in Austria, philosopher, Tractatus 1889 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher, Roman Britain 1889 Robin G. Collingwood, English Philosopher 1888 Sarvepalli Radhakrishan, president, India, philosopher 1888 Jean Wahl, French philosopher 1887 Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher and writer (Auch einer), dies 1887 Julian S Huxley, London, biologist/philosopher, Darwin's Bulldog 1887 Lysander Spooner, American Philosopher 1886 Alain L Lovke, philosopher 1886 Swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50 1885 Emil Bloch, German philosopher 1885 Gyorgy Lukacs, Hungarian philosopher, Zerstorung der Vernunft 1885 Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe 1884 Lion Feuchtwanger, German philosopher and writer, Jud Suss 1884 Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher, La psychanalyse du feu 1883 Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at 64 1883 Karl Jaspers, Oldenburg Germany, existentialist philosopher 1882 Otto Neurath, Australian/British philosopher, Foundation of Social Sciences 1882 Jacques Maritain, France, Catholic philosopher, exponent of St. Thomas 1882 Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, Barcelona Spain, essayist/philosopher 1882 Leonard Nelson, German philosopher, Democracy und Fuhrerschaft 1882 Jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher 1881 Julius FA Bahnsen, Germany philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 1881 Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist and philosopher 1881 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist 1881 Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher 1881 Titus Brandsma, Dutch philosopher 1880 Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher 1880 Hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher and writer 1880 Oswald Spengler, Germany, philosopher, Decline of West 1880 Otto Weininger, Austrian Philosopher 1879 Sri Ramana Maharshi, Hindu philosopher/yogi, Maharshi Research Inst 1879 Ramana Maharshi, Indian Philosopher 1879 Theodor Haecker, German cultural philosopher, ist der Mensch? 1879 Agnes Arber, English biologist/philosopher, Mind and the Eye 1878 Martin Buber, German/Israeli philosopher/theologist, Ich und Du 1877 Allama Iqbal, Pakistani poet/philosopher 1877 Max Ettlinger, German philosopher 1875 Friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67 1875 Chauncey Wright, American Philosopher 1875 Philipp A. Kohnstamm, philosopher/theorist, Mensch and World 1874 Herman Harrell Horne, Clayton, North Carolina, philosopher, idealism 1874 Max Scheler, German philosopher, Vom Umsturz der Werte 1874 Ernst Cassirer, Germany, philosopher/educator, Essay on Man 1874 Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian Philosopher 1873 G E Moore, English philosopher, Ethics 1873 George Edward Moore, English Philosopher 1873 Albert J. Nock, American Philosopher 1873 John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66 1873 Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher 1873 Charles Peguy, French Philosopher 1872 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher, study of graves 1872 Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68 1872 Sri Aurobindo, Indian Philosopher 1872 Bertrand Russell, England, mathematician/philosopher, Nobel 1950 1872 Alexander Meiklejohn, English Philosopher 1871 William H Kilpatrick, U.S. mathematician/philosopher/educator 1871 Paul Valery, born in France, philosopher, writer, poet, elected to Academie francaise, 1925, founder, the College International de Cannes, 1931 1871 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher, Intelligence of Children 1869 Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher, Theory of the Dialects 1869 Carl G Carus, German arts/psychologist/philosopher, dies 1868 Alain, Emile-Auguste Chartier, French philosopher and writer 1867 Julien Benda, French philosopher and writer, Dialogues Byzance 1867 Gerrit Mannoury, Dutch mathematician/philosopher 1867 August W. Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist 1867 Victor Cousin, French Philosopher 1867 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74 1866 Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet 1866 Benedetto Croce, Italy, humanist/historian/editor/philosopher 1866 Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet 1864 Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Bilbao Spain, philosopher, Ensayos, Teatro 1864 Ferdinand C S Schiller, British philosopher, Riddles of the Sphinx 1863 George Santayana, born in Spain, philosopher/poet/humanist, Last Puritan 1863 George H. Mead, American Philosopher 1863 George Herbert Mead, American Philosopher 1863 F Henri Berz, French existensialist philosopher, Revue the Synthesis 1862 Johan A de Sleeve, Adwaita, philosopher/classical/poet, Brahman 1861 Pierre M M Duhem, French naturalist/philosopher/historian 1861 Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician/philosopher, Adv of Ideas 1860 Lucien Laberthonniere, French philosopher 1860 Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher 1859 John Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist/writer, Learn by doing 1859 Henri Bergson, France, philosopher, Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927 1859 Edmund Husserl, born in Germany, philosopher, founded Phenomenology 1859 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher, Moral order and progress 1858 Paul Barth, German philosopher/sociologist 1858 Georg Simmel, German philosopher and sociologist 1857 Lucien Levy-Bruhl, philosopher 1856 Achad Ha'am, Asjer Ginsberg, Hebrew philosopher and writer 1856 Max Stirner, German Philosopher 1855 Soren A Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher/theologist, dies at 42 1855 Josiah Royce, U.S., philosopher, conception of God 1854 Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 1854 Friedrich von Schelling, German Philosopher 1854 Gerardus J P J Bolland, Dutch philosopher, Bolland Society 1854 Henri Poincare, France, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher 1852 Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher, Nietzsche Philosophy 1852 Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays' 1851 Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal 1850 Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher, Gott und Geist 1849 Fritz Mauthner, Bohemia, German author/philosopher, skepticism 1848 Brooks Adams, U.S. philosopher, Theory of Social Revolutions 1847 Annie Besant, Wood, England, philosopher, Esoteric christianity 1847 Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphee), dies 1847 John Watson, Canada, philosopher, Objective Idealism 1846 Francis H Bradley, British philosopher, neo-idealism 1846 F. H. Bradley, British Philosopher 1846 Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Germany, Idealist philosopher, Nobel 1908 1845 John Kinker, translator/philosopher/poet, dies at 81 1845 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher, dies at 82 1845 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies 1845 Paul Deusen, German philosopher, Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft 1844 Friedrich Nietzsche, Germany, philosopher 1843 Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies 1842 John Fiske, Edmund Fisk Green, U.S. historian and philosopher 1842 William James, U.S., psychologist/philosopher 1841 Johann F Herbart, German philosopher (General Padagogik), dies at 65 1841 Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76 1840 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher, Climax of Theories 1838 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher, Wife at University 1838 Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist 1834 John Venn, British Philosopher 1834 Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65 1833 Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher, Das Leben Schleiermans 1832 Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher 1832 Jeremy Bentham, English Philosopher 1831 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German Philosopher 1831 Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies 1831 Allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost, philosopher, art historian and poet 1830 Chauncey Wright, American Philosopher 1830 Julius F A Bahnsen, German philosopher 1829 Friedrich von Schlegel, German cultural philosopher/poet, dies at 56 1828 Friedrich A Lange, Prussia, philosopher/socialist, Neo-Kantianism 1828 Dugald Stewart, Scottish philosopher (Scottish common sense), dies at 74 1828 Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, Voyage in Italy 1825 Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68 1824 John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70 1823 Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion 1821 Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher 1820 Friedrich Engels, Germany, social philosopher; Marx's collaborator 1820 Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher 1820 Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher, Social Statics 1818 Alexander Bain, Scottish Philosopher 1818 Karl Marx, philosopher, Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital 1815 Charles Renouvier, French philosopher, neocriticism 1814 Johann G Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51 1814 Johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies 1813 Soren Kierkegaard, Denmark, philosopher, founded Existentialism 1811 Francis Bowen, American Philosopher 1808 Lysander Spooner, American Philosopher 1807 Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70 1807 Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher and writer, Auch einer 1806 Max Stirner, Johann C Schmidt, German philosopher, Der Einzige 1806 John Stuart Mill, UK, philosopher/political economist/Utilitarian 1806 Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria, physician/philosopher 1805 James Martineau, English Philosopher 1804 Ludwig A. Feuerbach, German philosopher, Man is what he eats 1804 Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79 1804 Joseph Priestley, English / U.S0 theologist, philosopher. and chemist, dies at 70 1803 Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59 1803 James Beattie, Scottish poet/philosopher (Essay on Truth), dies at 67 1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S., essayist/philosopher, Concord Hymn 1802 Mark Hopkins, U.S., educator/philosopher, Williams College 1801 Antoine A. Cournot, French philosopher/mathematician, rule of Cournot 1801 Gustav T Fechner, Dr. Mises, German philosopher/physicist 1801 Novalis, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night', dies from tuberculosis in the Germany, at age 28 1801 Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59 1798 Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder, sociology and positivism 1797 Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder, Institute of Charity 1794 William Whewell, British philosopher, History of Inductive Science 1792 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education 1790 Franciscus "Frans" Hemsterhuis, Frisian philosopher, dies at 68 1789 Carl G Carus, German physician/psychologist/philosopher 1788 Johann Georg Hamann, born in Konigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia, writer, philosopher, supported the Sturm und Drang movement, dies 1788 Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher, Great Pessimist 1787 Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat, dies at 58 1787 Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73 1787 Ruggiero Boscovich, Italian physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75 1786 Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56 1784 Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies 1783 Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, philosopher/mathematician, die at 66 1780 Etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher (sensualism), dies at 64 1778 Jean Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher 1776 David Hume, Scottish Philosopher 1776 Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet, Prolegomenes 1776 Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist 1775 Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist, Hermenianen 1775 Friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher, Views on Christianity 1774 Abraham Tucker, British Philosopher 1773 Jakob F Fries, German philosopher 1773 James Mill, born in Scotland, philosopher and historian, History of British India 1772 Novalis, born in Oberwiederstedt, Germany, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night' 1770 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher/inventor, dialectic 1768 Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher 1768 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer, dies at 57 1766 Friedrich Bouterwek, German philosopher/critic 1765 Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist 1764 John Kinker, Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet, Minderjarige Zangster 1763 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher 1762 Johann G Fichte German philosopher, Wissenschaftslehre 1758 Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher 'Original Sin', dies at 54 1756 Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher, Kant 1756 William Godwin, philosopher and political writer, Caleb Williams 1755 Baron de Montesquieu, French Philosopher 1754 Christian von Wolff, German philosopher, dies at 75 1753 Dugald Stewart, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, Scottish common sense 1753 John Taylor, Virginia, philosopher, Jeffersonian Democracy 1753 George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday 1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt, social philosopher, Faust 1748 Jeremy Bentham, London, England philosopher/originator, Utilitarian 1744 Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet 1744 Giambattista Vico, Italian Philosopher 1743 Marquis de Condorcet, France, enlightenment philosopher 1741 Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher 1736 Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician 1735 James Beattie, Scotland, poet/philosopher, Essay on Truth 1730 Johann Georg Hamann, born in Konigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia, writer, philosopher, supported the Sturm und Drang movement 1729 Anthony Collins, English philosopher (On Liberty and Necessity), dies at 53 1729 Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator 1729 Mozes Mendelssohn, German englightened philosopher, Haksalah 1728 Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat 1724 Immanuel Kant, born in Konigsberg, Germany, philosopher, Critique of Pure Reason 1723 Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49 1721 Franciscus "French" Hemsterhuis, Frisian philosopher 1717 Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, French philosopher/mathematician 1716 Gottfried W. Leibniz, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 70 1716 Gottfried Leibniz, German Philosopher 1715 Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher 1715 Etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher, sensualism/Cours d'etudes 1715 Claude Helvetius, Paris, France, philosopher 1715 Claud-Adrian Helvetius, Philosopher 1713 Jean Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher 1711 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist, philosopher, and astronomer 1711 David Hume, Scottish Philosopher 1711 David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher, Treatise of Human Nature 1709 James Harris, philosopher 1705 Abraham Tucker, British Philosopher 1704 John Locke, English philosopher (2 treatises of government), dies at 72 1703 Jonathan Edwards, U.S., theologian/philosopher, Original Sin 1694 Francis Hutcheson, born in Drumaleg, Ireland, philosopher, Scottish Presbyterian, founding father of Scottish Enlightenment, proponent of Utilitarianism 1689 Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher and writer, Letters Persanes 1689 Baron de Montesquieu, French Philosopher 1688 Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (Intellectual system), dies at 70? 1685 George Berkeley, born in Ireland, philosopher and bishop of Cloyne 1679 Thomas Hobbes, English Philosopher 1679 Christian von Wolff, German philosopher 1677 [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza, philosopher, dies at 44 1677 Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher 1676 Anthony Collins, English philosopher, A discourse on free-thinking 1670 Jan A Comenius, Komensky, Czechoslovakia/Netherlands educator/philosopher, dies 1669 Arnold Geulincx, South Netherlands philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45 1668 Giambattista Vico, Italian Philosopher 1662 Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher 1659 William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher 1655 Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, dies at 63 1650 Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking 1650 Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking 1648 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 1647 Pierre Bayle, French/Netherlands theologist/philosopher/writer 1646 Gottfried Leibniz, German Philosopher 1639 Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 1639 Tommaso Campanella, Philosopher 1638 Johann H Alsted, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 50 1638 Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher 1638 Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher 1633 William Ames, English Philosopher 1632 Baruch "Benedict" de Spinoza, Amsterdam, rationalist philosopher 1632 Baruch Benedict de Spinoza, Philosopher 1632 Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher 1632 John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance 1624 Arnold Geulincx, South Netherland, philosopher, About Virtue 1603 Pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian, dies 1596 Rene Descartes, born in France, philosopher, he thought, therefore he was 1594 Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 1592 Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, French philosopher (L'Amitie), dies at 59 1592 Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher 1592 Pierre Gassendi, Champtercier Provence, scientist/philosopher 1590 Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68 1588 Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies 1588 Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher, Cartesian 1588 Thomas Hobbes, born in England, philosopher, Leviathan 1583 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military and philosopher 1568 Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, Citt del sole 1568 Tommaso Campanella, Philosopher 1552 Fra Paolo Sarpi, Paulus Venetus, expert/philosopher 1548 Francisco Suarez, Granada Spain, philosopher/theologian 1539 Guru Nanak, Pakistani Philosopher 1535 Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57 1533 Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher 1512 Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48 1499 Marsilio Ficino, Italian Philosopher 1496 Johannes de Lapide, Johan Heynlin, German philosopher, dies 1472 Leon Battista Alberti, Italian authors, poet, philosopher, and architect, 'Della Pittura', dies at 68 1469 Guru Nanak, Pakistani Philosopher 1464 Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies 1464 Nicholas van Cusa, philosopher/bishop of Brixen, dies 1463 Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher 1457 Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 1433 Marsilio Ficino, Italian Philosopher 1416 Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Italian astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies 1404 Leon Battista Alberti, born in Genoa, Italy, Italian authors, poet, philosopher, and architect, 'Della Pittura' 1382 Nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62 1340 Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies 1308 Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce), dies at 42 1293 Hendrik van Gent, Flemish neo-Augustian philosopher/theologist, dies 1279 Robert Kilwardby/Anglicus, English philosopher/Cardinal, dies 1253 Dogen Zenji, Japanese Philosopher 1204 Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 1200 Dogen Zenji, Japanese Philosopher 1198 Averroes ibn-Rusjd, Moorish philosopher, dies 1167 Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies 1165 Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic/philosopher 1164 Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies 1154 Gilbert de la Porree, French philosopher/bishop of Poiters, dies 1142 Pierre Abelard, French philosopher (Sic et Non, Heloise), dies at 62 1141 Hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies 1135 Maimonides, Moses Ben Maimon, Corodoba Spain, philosopher and physician 1109 Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies 427 Plato, born in Athens, Greece, writer, philosopher, mathematician, laid foundations of natural philosophy, science, Western philosophy 399 Philosopher Socrates sentenced to death |
|
|
|
|
| History Home Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com | |