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This page provides a list of British philosophers; of people who either worked within Great Britain, or the country's citizens working abroad. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Pages in category "English philosophers" The following 158 pages are in this category, out of 158 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. J. L. Ackrill;
Pages in category "21st-century British philosophers" The following 179 pages are in this category, out of 179 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
English: English rationalist philosopher, influenced Gottfried Leibniz, considered England most important woman philosopher. [8] [9] Author of The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy, published in Latin 1690, in English 1692. Mihály Csokonai Vitéz: 1773-1805: Hungarian
By period; Ancient. Ancient Egyptian; Ancient Greek; Medieval; Renaissance; Modern; Contemporary. Analytic; Continental; By region; African. Egypt; Ethiopia; South Africa
In philosophy and in its current sense, rationalism is a line of thought that appeals to reason or the intellect as a primary or fundamental source of knowledge or justification". [1] It is typically contrasted with empiricism , which appeals to sensory experience as a primary or fundamental source of knowledge or justification. [ 2 ]
David Hume, a profoundly influential 18th-century Scottish philosopher. British philosophy refers to the philosophical tradition of the British people. "The native characteristics of British philosophy are these: common sense, dislike of complication, a strong preference for the concrete over the abstract and a certain awkward honesty of method in which an occasional pearl of poetry is embedded".
Today he is appreciated largely for his contributions to logic, mathematics, philosophy, scientific methodology, and semiotics, and for his founding of pragmatism. [54] Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906), Austrian physicist famous for his founding contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics. [55] [56]