1. William James (1842)

American Philosopher

The first educator to introduce a psychology course in the U.S. and author of several books on the different branches of psychology.

2. John Dewey (1859)

American Philosopher

Philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer who specialized in nature, art, and ethics. He pioneered pragmatism and functional psychology.

3. Walter Russell (1871)

American Philosopher

American scholar who developed a unified theory of physics and cosmogony, which he published in his books The Secret of Light and The Message of the Divine Iliad.

4. Brand Blanshard (1892)

American Philosopher

Influential philosopher who sought to defend reason in an age when it was often under attack.

5. John Daniel Wild (1902)

American Philosopher

Remembered for his contributions to subjects like Existentialism and Phenomenology.

6. Sidney Hook (1902)

American Philosopher

Philosopher and noted Pragmatist who was remembered for his exploration of political theory, the philosophy of education, and ethics.

7. William Frankena (1908)

American Philosopher

Moral philosopher who was a member of the University of Michigan's philosophy department for 41 years and its chair for 14 years.

8. Monroe Beardsley (1915)

American Philosopher

Art and aesthetics philosopher who spent his nearly forty-year university teaching career at Swarthmore College and Temple University. His publications include Aesthetics: A Short History and Practical Logic.

9. Roderick Chisholm (1916)

American Philosopher

American philosopher who focused on epistemology, metaphysics, value theory, the philosophy of perception, and free will.

10. Harry Prosch (1917)

American Philosopher

American philosopher remembered for co-authoring the essay Meaning from 1975 with Michael Polanyi.

11. Sidney Morgenbesser (1921)

American Philosopher

Philosopher who taught such future notables as Jerry Fodor, Raymond Geuss, Robert Nozick, and Derek Parfit.

12. William Alston (1921)

American Philosopher

Analytic philosopher most remembered for his work on topics like the philosophy of language and Christianity.

13. Edmund Gettier (1927)

American Philosopher

American philosopher best known for his essay Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? from 1963.

14. David L. Norton (1930)

American Philosopher

Dedicated to the fundamental and practical problems of the life well-lived.

15. Richard Montague (1930)

American Philosopher

Mathematician and philosopher who was remembered for creating a logical approach to natural language semantics called Montague grammar.

16. William L. Rowe (1931)

American Philosopher

Philosopher best known for his work as the Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Purdue University.

17. Richard Rorty (1931)

American Philosopher

Academic with interests in contemporary analytic philosophy and the history of philosophy.

18. Alvin Plantinga (1932)

American Philosopher

Analytic philosopher and inaugural holder of the Jellema Chair in Philosophy at Calvin College.

19. John Searle (1932)

American Philosopher

American philosopher best remembered for his contributions to both the philosophies of language and the mind.

20. Jaegwon Kim (1934)

American Philosopher

Korean-American philosopher best known for his work on mental causation and the mind-body problem.

21. Peter Achinstein (1935)

American Philosopher

Accomplished academic and philosopher best known as the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein University Professor of Philosophy at Yeshiva University.

22. Robert Merrihew Adams (1937)

American Philosopher

American philosopher best known for his thoughts on metaphysics, religion, and morality.

23. Thomas Nagel (1937)

American Philosopher

Philosopher of Law and a professor who focused on philosophy of mind, political philosophy, and ethics.

24. Robert Nozick (1938)

American Philosopher

The philosophical founder of libertarianism. He taught that the free market should regulate human affairs.

25. Saul Kripke (1940)

American Philosopher

American philosopher known for contributions to modal logic and Philosophy of Language.

26. James Rachels (1941)

American Philosopher

Philosopher and writer remembered for his work on behalf of animal rights and ethics. He authored an important text entitled The Elements of Moral Philosophy.

27. Daniel Dennett (1942)

American Philosopher

Researcher who focused on the philosophy of the mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology.

28. Robert C. Solomon (1942)

American Philosopher

Academic and teacher of philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin. He was influenced by Hegel and Nietzsche.

29. Kenneth Burke (1897)

American Philosopher

Remembered for his highly influential works of literary criticism, this 20th-century writer and literary theorist is perhaps best known for his 1966 work Language as Symbolic Action. His other important...

30. Judith Butler (1956)

American Philosopher

Modern philosopher most recognized for her published works on feminist and queer theory.

31. Graham Harman (1968)

American Philosopher

Graham Harman is a professor at the American University in Cairo Egypt. He is a contemporary philosopher of metaphysics who attempts to reverse the linguistic turn of Western philosophy. He...

32. Max More (1964)

American Philosopher

Max More is a philosopher and futurist who writes speaks and consults on advanced decision-making about emerging technologies. Born in Bristol England More has a degree in Philosophy Politics and...

33. Raya Dunayevskaya (1910)

American Philosopher

Raya Dunayevskaya was the American founder of the philosophy of Marxist Humanism in the United States of America. At one time Leon Trotsky's secretary she later split with him and...

34. Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka (1923)

American Philosopher

Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka is a Polish-born American philosopher one of the most important and continuously active contemporary phenomenologists founder and president of The World Phenomenology Institute and editor of the book...

35. Achille Varzi (philosopher) (1958)

American Philosopher

Achille C. Varzi is an Italian-born philosopher. He teaches at Columbia University where he has been a member of the philosophy faculty since 1995. Varzi has made notable contributions to...

36. Tim Maudlin (1958)

American Philosopher

Tim William Eric Maudlin is an American philosopher of science who has mainly studied the foundations of physics metaphysics and logic. Currently he is working on a large development project...

37. James F. Conant (1958)

American Philosopher

James Ferguson Conant is an American philosopher who has written extensively on topics in philosophy of language ethics and metaphilosophy. He is perhaps best known for his writings on Wittgenstein...

38. Richard J. Bernstein (1932)

American Philosopher

Richard J. Bernstein is an American philosopher the Vera List Professor of Philosophy and former dean of the graduate faculty at The New School. Bernstein grew up as part of...

39. Alphonso Lingis (1933)

American Philosopher

Alphonso Lingis is an American philosopher writer and translator currently Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. His areas of specialization include phenomenology existentialism modern philosophy and ethics.

40. David Kelley (1951)

American Philosopher

David Kelley is an American philosopher author and advocate of Objectivism though his position that Objectivism can be revised and influenced by other schools of thought has prompted disagreements with...

41. Igor Yefimov (1932)

American Philosopher

Igor Markovich Yefimov or Igor Efimov is an American philosopher writer and publisher of Russian origin. Some of his works were published under the pen name Andrei Moscovit.

42. Cora Diamond (1937)

American Philosopher

Cora Diamond is an American philosopher. She has worked on problems in analytic philosophy the interpretation of Ludwig Wittgenstein and moral philosophy. A moral vegetarian she has also examined the...

43. Richard Thomas Nolan (1937)

American Philosopher

The Rev. Richard Thomas Nolan is a canon of Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in Hartford Connecticut and a former college professor of philosophy and religious studies.

44. Alvin Goldman (1938)

American Philosopher

Alvin Ira Goldman is an American professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He previously taught at the University of Michigan and at the University of Arizona. He...

45. Robert Cummings Neville (1939)

American Philosopher

Robert Cummings Neville is an American systematic philosopher and theologian author of numerous books and papers and for much of his career was Dean of the Boston University School of...

46. Tara Smith (philosopher) (1961)

American Philosopher

Tara A. Smith is a professor of philosophy and holder of the BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism and holder of the Anthem Foundation Fellowship for the Study of...

47. Robert Stalnaker (Unknow)

American Philosopher

Robert C. Stalnaker is a Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

48. Frederick Suppe (1940)

American Philosopher

Suppe is a professor Emeritus of philosophy at the University of Maryland. He has prominent work in the philosophy of science including much work with the semantic view of theories....

49. Ernest Sosa (1940)

American Philosopher

Ernest Sosa is an American philosopher primarily interested in epistemology. He is Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has been at Rutgers full-time since January 2007;...

50. Robert Ulanowicz (1943)

American Philosopher

Robert Edward Ulanowicz is an American theoretical ecologist and philosopher of Polish descent who is best known for his search for a unified theory of ecology. He was born September...