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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.
Ned Block (ed.), Readings in Philosophy of Psychology, 1981; Mario Bunge and Rubén Ardilla, Philosophy of Psychology, 1987; Paul E. Meehl, "Theoretical Risks and Tabular Asterisks: Sir Karl, Sir Ronald, and the Slow Progress of Soft Psychology", 1992; Steven Pinker, The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, 2002
Author Years Notable Works and/or Themes Augustine of Hippo: 354-430 De Magistro; Halevi, Judah: 1075-1141 The Kuzari; Abelard, Peter: 1079-1142 Dialogue of a Philosopher with a Jew and a Christian; Ibn Tufail: 1105-1185 Hayy ibn Yaqdhan: explores the limits of natural theology and the Islamic concept of fitra [1] [2] Machiavelli, Niccolò ...
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;
Author of Testament, a book length essay, which supplied arguments and rhetoric used by other enlightenment authors such as Denis Diderot, Baron d'Holbach and Voltaire. La Mettrie: 1709–1751: French: Physician and early French materialist philosopher. Best known as author of L'homme machine (Man a Machine). John Millar: 1735–1801: Scottish
The British philosopher, broadcaster, and politician Bryan Magee (1930-2019) wrote some books of political philosophy. Although he was a member of the Labour Party and then the Social Democrats, he wrote in his autobiography that he considered himself a liberal. [51]
Philosopher Hazel Barnes: December 16, 1915 – March 18, 2008 United States Philosopher, author Translated Sartre into English Karl Barth: May 10, 1886 – December 10, 1968 Switzerland Theologian Founder of neo-orthodoxy: Nikolai Berdyaev: March 18, 1874 – March 25, 1948 Russia Theologian, philosopher Christian existentialist: Steve Biko
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".