List of philosophers born in the 20th century
Philosophers born in the 20th century (and others important in the history of philosophy) listed alphabetically:
- Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.
A
- Elisa Aaltola (born 1976)
- Richard Aaron (1901–1987)
- Gholamreza Aavani (born 1943)
- Nicola Abbagnano (1901–1990)
- Ruth Abbey (born 1961)
- Bijan Abdolkarimi (born 1963)
- Taha Abdurrahman (born 1944)
- Masao Abe (1915–2006)
- Henry D. Abelove (born 1945)
- Raziel Abelson (1921–2017)
- Miguel Abensour (1939–2017)
- Arash Abizadeh
- William Emmanuel Abraham (born 1934)
- David Abram (born 1957)
- Gerd B. Achenbach (born 1947)
- Peter Achinstein (born 1935)
- Hans Achterhuis (born 1942)
- Felicia Nimue Ackerman (born 1947)
- J. L. Ackrill (1921–2007)
- H. B. Acton (1908–1974)
- Carol J. Adams (born 1951)
- James Luther Adams (1901–1994)
- Marilyn McCord Adams (1943–2017)[b][c]
- Maynard Adams (1919–2003)
- Robert Merrihew Adams (1937–2024)[b][c]
- Peter Adamson (born 1972)
- Matthew Adler (born 1962)
- Mortimer J. Adler (1902–2001)
- Mantas Adomėnas (born 1972)
- Theodor Adorno (1903–1969)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Sediq Afghan (born 1958)
- Michel Aflaq (1910–1989)
- Sylviane Agacinski (born 1945)
- Giorgio Agamben (born 1942)
- Joseph Agassi (1927–2023)
- Khurshid Ahmad (born 1932)
- Arif Ahmed
- Scott Aikin (born 1971)
- Timo Airaksinen (born 1947)
- Shabbir Akhtar (1960–2023)
- Lilli Alanen (1941–2021)
- David Albert (born 1954)
- Hans Albert (1921–2023)
- Rogers Albritton (1923–2002)
- Linda Martín Alcoff (born 1955)
- Virgil Aldrich (1903–1998)[b]
- Gerda Alexander (1908–1994)
- Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov (1912–1999)
- Robert Alexy (born 1945)
- Keimpe Algra (born 1959)
- Lucy Allais
- George James Allan (born 1935)
- Trevor Allan (born 1955)
- Amy Allen
- Anita L. Allen (born 1953)
- Diogenes Allen (1932–2013)
- William B. Allen (born 1944)
- Henry E. Allison (1937–2023)
- Ferdinand Alquié (1906–1985)
- William Alston (1921–2009)[a][b][c]
- Jimmy Altham (born 1944)
- Louis Althusser (1918–1990)[a][b][c][d]
- Thomas J. J. Altizer (1927–2018)
- Alexander Altmann (1906–1987)
- Peter Alward (born 1964)
- Alice Ambrose (1906–2001)
- Karl Ameriks (born 1947)
- Roger T. Ames (born 1947)
- Günther Anders (1902–1992)
- Alan Ross Anderson (1925–1973)[b][c]
- C. Anthony Anderson (born 1940)
- Elizabeth S. Anderson (born 1959)
- John Mueller Anderson (1914–1999)
- Pamela Sue Anderson (1955–2017)
- R. Lanier Anderson
- Judith Andre
- Kristin Andrews (born 1971)
- Antanas Andrijauskas (born 1948)
- Irving Anellis (1946–2013)
- Ian Angus (born 1949)
- Loreta Anilionytė
- Julia Annas (born 1946)
- G. E. M. Anscombe (1918–2001)[a][b][c][d]
- Keith Ansell-Pearson (born 1960)
- Dario Antiseri (born 1940)
- Maria Rosa Antognazza (born 1964)
- John P. Anton (1920–2014)
- G. Aldo Antonelli (1962–2015)
- Louise Antony
- Karl-Otto Apel (1922–2017)
- Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954)
- Richard Appignanesi (born 1940)
- Richard Aquila (born 1944)
- Lennart Åqvist (born 1932)
- István Aranyosi (born 1975)
- Reza Davari Ardakani (born 1933)
- Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Türker Armaner (born 1968)
- Leslie Armour (1931–2014)
- A. H. Armstrong (1909–1997)
- David Malet Armstrong (1926–2014)[a][b][c][d]
- John Armstrong (born 1966)
- Juan Arnau (born 1968)
- Richard Arneson
- Rudolf Arnheim (1904–2007)
- Raymond Aron (1905–1983)
- Robert Arp (born 1970)
- Nomy Arpaly (born 1973)
- Robert Arrington (1938–2015)
- Kenneth Arrow (1921–2017)
- Zaki al-Arsuzi (1899–1968)
- Sergei N. Artemov (born 1951)
- John Arthur (1946–2007)
- Mariano Artigas (1938–2006)
- Adil Asadov (born 1958)
- Molefi Kete Asante (born 1942)
- Karl Aschenbrenner (1911–1988)
- Pandurang Shastri Athavale (1920–2003)
- Margaret Atherton (born 1943)
- George N. Atiyeh (1923–2008)
- Ronald Field Atkinson (1928–2005)
- Henri Atlan (born 1931)
- Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (born 1931)
- Robin Attfield (born 1931)
- Elspeth Attwooll (born 1943)
- Gwenaëlle Aubry (born 1971)
- Robert Audi (born 1941)
- Lene Auestad (born 1973)
- John Langshaw Austin (1911–1960)[a][b][c][d]
- Randall Auxier (born 1961)
- Armen Avanessian (born 1973)
- Jeremy Avigad (born 1968)
- Anita Avramides (born 1952)
- Kostas Axelos (1924–2010)
- Francisco J. Ayala (1934–2023)
- Alfred Jules Ayer (1910–1989)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Michael R. Ayers (born 1935)
- Hiroki Azuma (born 1971)
- Joxe Azurmendi (born 1941)
- Jody Azzouni (born 1954)
B
- Harriet Baber (born 1950)
- Babette Babich (born 1956)
- Kent Bach (born 1943)
- Bronisław Baczko (1924–2016)
- Alain Badiou (born 1937)
- Julian Baggini (born 1968)
- Archie J. Bahm (1907–1996)
- Annette Baier (1929–2012)[b]
- Kurt Baier (1917–2010)[b]
- Moya Bailey
- Alan Baker
- Gordon Park Baker (1938–2002)
- Lynne Rudder Baker (1944–2017)
- Albena Bakratcheva (born 1961)
- Gopal Balakrishnan (born 1966)
- Tom Baldwin (born 1947)
- Étienne Balibar (born 1942)
- Renford Bambrough (1926–1999)
- Hassan al-Banna (1906–1949)
- Michael Banner (born 1961)
- Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (1915–1975)
- Dorit Bar-On (born 1955)
- Karen Barad (born 1956)
- Amiri Baraka (1934–2014)
- José Barata-Moura (born 1948)
- Renaud Barbaras (born 1955)
- Ian Barbour (1923–2013)
- Alejandro Bárcenas
- Sidi Mohamed Barkat (born 1948)
- Jason Barker (born 1971)
- Stephen F. Barker (1927–2019)
- Elizabeth Barnes
- Hazel Barnes (1915–2008)
- Jonathan Barnes (born 1942)[b][c]
- Marcia Baron (born 1955)
- William Barrett (1913–1992)
- Eduardo Barrio
- Phillip Barron
- Brian Barry (1936–2009)[b][c]
- Christian Barry
- Norman P. Barry (1944–2008)
- Roland Barthes (1915–1980)[a][c][d]
- Lauren Swayne Barthold (born 1965)
- Sandra Bartky (1935–2016)
- Steven James Bartlett (born 1945)
- W. W. Bartley III (1934–1990)
- Renate Bartsch (born 1939)
- Shadi Bartsch (born 1966)
- Jon Barwise (1942–2000)
- Jacques Barzun (1907–2012)
- David Basinger (born 1947)
- Diderik Batens (born 1944)
- Gregory Bateson (1904–1980)
- David Batstone (born 1958)
- Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007)[c][d][e]
- Nancy Bauer (born 1960)
- Zygmunt Bauman (1925–2017)
- Charles A. Baylis (1902–1975)
- Francoise Baylis (born 1961)
- Jc Beall (born 1966)
- Monroe Beardsley (1915–1985)
- Tom Beauchamp (born 1939)
- Jean Beaufret (1907–1982)
- Emily Beausoleil
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986)[b][c][d][e]
- Anthony Beavers (born 1963)
- William Bechtel (born 1951)
- Lewis White Beck (1913–1997)
- Gerhold K. Becker (born 1943)
- Lawrence C. Becker (1939–2018)
- Francis J. Beckwith (born 1960)
- Hugo Bedau (1926–2012)
- Mark Bedau (born 1950)
- Helen Beebee (born 1968)
- Hasna Begum (1935–2020)
- Ernst Behler (1928–1997)
- Werner Beierwaltes (1931–2019)
- Frederick C. Beiser (born 1949)
- Charles Beitz (born 1949)
- Daniel Bell (1919–2011)
- John Lane Bell (born 1945)
- Shannon Bell (born 1955)
- Robert N. Bellah (1927–2013)
- Kathryn Sophia Belle (born 1978)
- Nuel Belnap (born 1930)[b][c]
- Yemima Ben-Menahem (born 1946)
- Aaron Ben-Ze'ev (born 1949)
- Paul Benacerraf (born 1931)
- Linos Benakis (born 1928)
- José Benardete (1928–2016)
- Seth Benardete (1930–2001)
- David Benatar (born 1966)
- Seyla Benhabib (born 1950)
- Piers Benn (born 1962)
- Jonathan Bennett (born 1930)[b][c]
- Geoffrey Bennington (born 1956)
- Alain de Benoist (born 1943)
- Bruce Ellis Benson (born 1960)
- Sergio Benvenuto (born 1948)
- Floris van den Berg (born 1973)
- Peter L. Berger (1929–2017)
- Frithjof Bergmann (1930–2021)
- Gustav Bergmann (1906–1987)[a][b][c]
- Michael Bergmann (born 1964)
- Lars Bergström
- Arnold Berleant (born 1932)
- Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Marshall Berman (1940–2013)
- José Benardete (1928–2016)
- Seth Benardete (1930–2001)
- Robert Bernasconi (born 1950)
- Walter Berns (1919–2015)
- Andrew Bernstein (born 1949)
- Jay Bernstein (born 1947)
- Mark H. Bernstein
- Richard J. Bernstein (born 1932)
- Marcus Berquist (1934–2010)
- Wendell Berry (born 1934)
- Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972)
- Peter Anthony Bertocci (1910–1989)
- Steven Best (born 1955)
- Gábor Betegh (born 1968)
- Richard Bett
- Mark Bevir (born 1963)
- Jean-Yves Béziau (born 1965)
- Homi K. Bhabha (born 1949)
- Roy Bhaskar (1944–2014)
- Nalini Bhushan
- Vladimir Bibikhin (1938–2004)
- Cristina Bicchieri (born 1950)
- Jacques Bidet (born 1935)
- Jean Biès (1933–2014)
- Simone Bignall
- Anat Biletzki (born 1952)
- Akeel Bilgrami (born 1950)
- Purushottama Bilimoria
- Nikola Biller-Andorno
- Katalin Bimbó (born 1963)
- Harry Binswanger (born 1944)
- Alexander Bird (born 1964)
- Garrett Birkhoff (1911–1996)
- Peg Birmingham
- Jeffrey Bishop (born 1967)
- Frode Alfson Bjørdal (born 1944)
- Max Black (1909–1988)[b][c]
- Simon Blackburn (born 1944)[b][c]
- Russell Blackford (born 1954)
- Oliva Blanchette (1929–2021)
- Patricia Blanchette
- Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003)[d]
- Joseph Leon Blau (1909–1986)
- David Blitz
- Ned Block (born 1942)[b][c]
- Allan Bloom (1930–1992)
- Lawrence Blum (born 1943)
- Albert Blumberg (1906–1997)
- Hans Blumenberg (1920–1996)
- Andy Blunden (born 1945)
- Norberto Bobbio (1909–2004)[b][c][d]
- Chris Bobonich (born 1960)
- Susanne Bobzien (born 1960)
- Jozef Maria Bochenski (1902–1995)
- Remo Bodei (1938–2019)
- Margaret Boden (born 1936)
- James Bogen
- Paul Boghossian (born 1957)
- Peter Boghossian
- David Bohm (1917–1992)
- Gernot Böhme (born 1937)
- Hilary Bok (born 1959)
- Sissela Bok (born 1934)
- Alisa Bokulich
- Daniel Bonevac
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)[c][d]
- Laurence BonJour (born 1943)
- Murray Bookchin (1921–2006)
- George Boolos (1940–1996)
- William James Booth
- Susan Bordo
- Michael Bordt (born 1960)
- Emma Borg
- Albert Borgmann (born 1937)
- Eugene Borowitz (1924–2016)
- Giovanna Borradori
- Lisa Bortolotti (born 1974)
- David Bostock (1936–2019)
- Inga Bostad (born 1963)
- Nick Bostrom (born 1973)
- George Botterill (born 1949)
- Eileen Hunt Botting (born 1971)
- Alain de Botton (born 1969)
- Tina Fernandes Botts
- Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002)[d]
- Jacques Bouveresse (1940–2021)
- Luc Bovens
- David Frederick Bowers (1906–1945)
- Andrew Bowie (born 1952)
- Bernard Boxill
- Jan Boxill (born 1939)
- Richard Boyd (1942–2021)
- Joseph A. Bracken (born 1930)
- Costica Bradatan
- Richard Bradley (born 1964)
- Michael Brady (born 1965)
- Rémi Brague (born 1947)
- Rosi Braidotti (born 1954)
- David Braine (1940–2017)
- Richard-Bevan Braithwaite (1900–1990)[b][c]
- Theodore Brameld (1904–1987)
- Myles Brand (1942–2009)
- Robert Brandom (born 1950)[b][c]
- Richard B. Brandt (1910–1997)[a][b]
- Eva Brann (born 1929)
- Ray Brassier (born 1965)
- Michael Bratman (born 1945)
- Stephen E. Braude (born 1945)
- David Braybrooke (1924–2013)
- Geoffrey Brennan (born 1944)
- Jason Brennan (born 1979)
- Samantha Brennan
- Teresa Brennan (1952–2003)
- Bill Brewer
- Jean Bricmont (born 1952)
- Ingo Brigandt
- Harry Brighouse
- Liam Kofi Bright
- David O. Brink (born 1958)
- Susan Brison
- Luc Brisson (born 1946)
- Charles Francis Brittain
- Alexander Broadie
- Sarah Broadie (1941–2021)
- Dan W. Brock (1937–2020)
- May Brodbeck (1917–1983)
- Berit Brogaard (born 1970)
- Johannes Bronkhorst (born 1946)
- Stephen Bronner (born 1949)
- Thom Brooks (born 1973)
- John Broome (born 1947)
- Janet Broughton
- Harvey Brown (born 1950)
- Wendy Brown (born 1955)
- Kimberley Brownlee (born 1978)
- Bartosz Brożek (born 1977)
- Pascal Bruckner (born 1948)
- Robert Brumbaugh (1918–1992)
- Fernand Brunner (1920–1991)
- Brian Bruya (born 1966)
- Edwin Bryant (born 1957)
- Levi Bryant
- Jeffrey Bub (born 1942)
- Allen Buchanan (born 1948)
- Ian Buchanan (born 1969)
- James M. Buchanan (1919–2013)
- Gerd Buchdahl (1914–2001)
- Justus Buchler (1914–1991)
- Henry Bugbee (1915–1999)
- Mario Bunge (1919–2020)
- Martin Bunzl (born 1948)
- Tyler Burge (born 1946)[b][c]
- Ronna Burger (born 1947)
- J. Peter Burgess (born 1961)
- John P. Burgess (born 1948)
- Teresa Blankmeyer Burke
- Arthur Burks (1915–2008)
- James Burnham (1905–1987)
- John Burnheim (1927–2023)
- Elizabeth Burns
- Myles Burnyeat (1939–2019)[b][c]
- David Burrell (born 1933)
- Roderick D. Bush (1945–2013)
- Panayot Butchvarov (born 1933)
- Judith Butler (born 1956)
- Jeremy Butterfield (born 1954)
- Victor L. Butterfield (1904–1975)
- Stephen Butterfill
- Charles Butterworth (born 1938)
C
- Amílcar Cabral (1924–1973)[d]
- Julio Cabrera
- Massimo Cacciari (born 1944)
- John Cage (1912–1992)
- Cheshire Calhoun
- Daniel Callahan (1930–2019)
- Joan Callahan (1946–2019)
- Agnes Callard (born 1976)
- Craig Callender (born 1968)
- J. Baird Callicott (born 1941)
- Elisabeth Camp
- Donald T. Campbell (1916–1996)
- John Campbell (born 1956)[b][c]
- Joseph Campbell (1904–1987)
- Victoria Camps (born 1941)
- Albert Camus (1913–1960)[a][b][c][d]
- Georges Canguilhem (1904–1995)[a]
- Leslie Cannold
- Monique Canto-Sperber (born 1954)
- Milič Čapek (1909–1997)
- Herman Cappelen (born 1967)
- John D. Caputo (born 1940)
- Josiah S. Carberry (born 1929)
- Claudia Card (1940–2015)
- Taylor Carman (born 1965)
- Walter Carnielli (born 1952)
- Eduardo Carrasco (born 1940)
- Peter Carravetta (born 1951)
- Peter Carruthers (born 1952)
- Arturo Carsetti (born 1940)
- Rachel Carson (1907–1964)
- Alan Carter (born 1952)
- Nancy Cartwright (born 1944)[b][c]
- Richard Cartwright (1925–2010)
- Olavo de Carvalho (1947–2022)
- Edward S. Casey (born 1939)
- Quassim Cassam (born 1961)
- Barbara Cassin (born 1947)
- Pierre Cassou-Noguès (born 1971)
- Hector-Neri Castañeda (1924–1991)[a]
- Roberto Castillo (1950–2008)
- David Castle (born 1967)
- Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997)
- Jean Cavaillès (1903–1944)
- Paola Cavalieri (born 1950)
- Stanley Cavell (1926–2018)[a][b][c][d]
- Christopher Celenza (born 1967)
- Michel de Certeau (1925–1986)[d]
- Arindam Chakrabarti
- Anjan Chakravartty
- Alan Chalmers (born 1939)
- David Chalmers (born 1966)[c]
- Clare Chambers (born 1976)
- Timothy Chambers
- Wing-tsit Chan (1901–1994)
- Hasok Chang (born 1967)
- Ruth Chang
- Vere Claiborne Chappell (1930–2019)
- David Charles
- Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (1918–1993)
- Haridas Chaudhuri (1913–1975)
- Albert Chernenko (1935–2009)
- Harold F. Cherniss (1904–1987)
- Mark Cherry
- Ronda Chervin (born 1937)
- Charles Chihara (1932–2020)
- James Childress (born 1940)
- Roderick Chisholm (1916–1999)[a][b][c][d]
- William Chittick (born 1943)
- Kah Kyung Cho (born 1927)
- Pema Chödrön (born 1936)
- Noam Chomsky (born 1928)[a][b][c][d]
- Alonzo Church (1903–1995)[a][b][c][d]
- Patricia Churchland (born 1943)[a]
- Paul Churchland (born 1942)[a][b][c]
- C. West Churchman (1913–2004)
- Frank Cioffi (1928–2012)
- Emil Cioran (1911–1995)
- Joanne B. Ciulla (born 1952)
- Hélène Cixous (born 1937)[d]
- Jean Clam (born 1958)
- Andy Clark (born 1957)
- Gordon Clark (1902–1985)
- Stephen R. L. Clark (born 1945)
- Desmond Clarke (1942–2016)
- W. Norris Clarke (1915–2008)
- Carol Cleland (born 1948)
- Justin Clemens (born 1969)
- Catherine Clément (born 1939)
- Paul Cliteur (born 1955)
- Sharyn Clough (born 1965)
- C. A. J. Coady (born 1936)
- John B. Cobb (born 1925)
- David Cockburn (born 1949)
- Alan Code (born 1951)
- Lorraine Code (born 1937)
- Felix S. Cohen (1907–1953)
- Gerald Cohen (1941–2009)[b][c]
- Joshua Cohen (born 1951)
- L. Jonathan Cohen (1923–2006)[b][c]
- Selma Jeanne Cohen (1920–2005)
- Priscilla Cohn (1933–2019)
- David R. Cole (born 1967)
- Jules Coleman (born 1947)
- Lucio Colletti (1924–2001)[b][c]
- Patricia Hill Collins (born 1948)
- Robin Collins
- Mark Colyvan
- John Joseph Compton (1928–2014)
- André Comte-Sponville (born 1952)
- Marcel Conche (born 1922)
- James H. Cone (1938–2018)
- Deborah Cook (1954–2020)
- Joyce Mitchell Cook (1933–2014)
- Ursula Coope (born 1969)
- David E. Cooper (born 1942)
- John M. Cooper (born 1939)
- Rachel Cooper (born 1974)
- Jack Copeland (born 1950)
- Brian Copenhaver (born 1942)
- Irving Copi (1917–2002)
- Joan Copjec
- Frederick Copleston (1907–1994)
- Henry Corbin (1903–1978)
- John Corcoran (1937–2021)
- Viola Cordova (1937–2002)
- Carla Cordua (born 1925)
- David Corfield
- Drucilla Cornell (born 1950)
- Newton da Costa (born 1929)
- John Cottingham (born 1943)
- William Craig (1918–2016)
- William Lane Craig (born 1949)
- Tim Crane (born 1962)
- Alice Crary (born 1967)
- Robert P. Crease (born 1953)
- Richard Creath (born 1947)
- Max Cresswell (born 1939)
- Roger Crisp (born 1961)
- Simon Critchley (born 1960)
- Helena Cronin (born 1942)
- Robert Craigie Cross (1911–2000)
- Richard Crossman (1907–1974)
- Antonio Cua (1932–2007)
- Ann Cudd
- Garrett Cullity
- Robert Denoon Cumming (1916–2004)
- Chris Cuomo
- Don Cupitt (born 1934)
- Tommy J. Curry
- Jean Curthoys (born 1947)
- James T. Cushing (1937–2002)
D
- François Dagognet (1924–2015)
- Robert Dahl (1915–2014)
- Daniel O. Dahlstrom (born 1948)
- Mary Daly (1928–2010)
- Jonathan Dancy (born 1946)
- Arthur Danto (1924–2013)[a][b][c]
- Lindley Darden (born 1945)
- Stephen Darwall (born 1946)
- Arnold Davidson (born 1955)
- Donald Davidson (1917–2003)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Brian Davies (born 1951)
- Martin Davies (born 1950)
- Stephen Davies
- Angela Davis (born 1944)
- Diane Davis (born 1963)
- Michael Davis (born 1943)
- Guy Debord (1931–1994)
- Vianney Décarie (1917–2009)
- Mario De Caro (born 1963)
- Helen De Cruz (born 1978)
- John Deely (1942–2017)
- Maximilian de Gaynesford (born 1968)
- Richard T. De George (born 1933)
- John J. DeGioia (born 1957)
- David DeGrazia (born 1962)
- Charles De Koninck (1906–1965)
- Manuel DeLanda (born 1952)
- Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995)[b][c][d][e]
- Bernard Delfgaauw (1912–1993)
- Paul de Man (1919–1983)[d]
- Lara Denis (born 1969)
- Daniel Dennett (1942–2024)[a][b][c][d]
- Douglas Den Uyl (born 1950)
- Keith DeRose (born 1962)
- Jacques Derrida (1930–2004)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Giorgio de Santillana (1902–1974)
- Peggy DesAutels
- Vincent Descombes (born 1943)
- Ronald de Sousa (born 1940)
- Michael Detlefsen (1948–2019)
- Eliot Deutsch (1931–2020)
- Karl Deutsch (1912–1992)
- Penelope Deutscher
- Philippe Devaux (1902–1979)
- Michael Devitt (born 1938)
- Hent de Vries (born 1958)
- L. Harold DeWolf (1905–1986)
- Meena Dhanda
- Cora Diamond (born 1937)
- Donna Dickenson (born 1946)
- George Dickie (1926–2020)
- Michael R. Dietrich (born 1963)
- Susan Ann Dimock
- Zoran Đinđić (1952–2003)
- Rosalyn Diprose
- Do-ol (born 1948)
- Daniel Dombrowski (born 1953)
- Alan Donagan (1925–1991)
- Sue Donaldson (born 1962)
- Keith Donnellan (1931–2015)
- Josephine Donovan (born 1941)
- Mark Dooley (born 1970)
- Jude Patrick Dougherty (1930–2021)
- James Doull (1918-2001)
- Igor Douven
- Bradley Dowden (born 1942)
- Lisa Downing (born 1974)
- Paul Draper (born 1957)
- William Herbert Dray (1921–2009)
- Burton Dreben (1927–1999)
- Fred Dretske (1932–2013)[a][b][c]
- James Drever (1910–1991)
- Hubert Dreyfus (1929–2017)
- Julia Driver
- Shadia Drury (born 1950)
- Dominique Dubarle (1907–1987)
- Aleksandr Dugin (born 1962)
- Michael Dummett (1925–2011)[a][b][c][d]
- Fernand Dumont (1927–1997)
- Raya Dunayevskaya (1910–1987)
- Jon Michael Dunn (1941–2021)
- John Dupré (born 1952)
- Louis Dupré (born 1925)
- Denis Dutton (1944–2010)
- Divya Dwivedi
- Gerald Dworkin (born 1937)
- Ronald Dworkin (1931–2013)[a][b][c][d]
- Davor Džalto (born 1980)
- Miroslaw Dzielski (1941–1989)
E
- William A. Earle (1919–1988)
- John Earman (born 1942)[c]
- Kenny Easwaran
- John Eccles (1903–1997)
- Umberto Eco (1932–2016)[a]
- Abraham Edel (1908–2007)
- Gerald Edelman (1929–2014)
- Dorothy Edgington (born 1941)
- James M. Edie (1927–1998)
- Lez Edmond
- David Edmonds (born 1964)
- Paul Edwards (1923–2004)[b][c]
- Frances Egan
- Margaret Elizabeth Egan (1905–1959)
- Carolyn Eisele (1902–2000)
- Alexandra Elbakyan (born 1988)
- Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)[d]
- Ignacio Ellacuría (1930–1989)
- Carl Elliott (born 1961)
- Deni Elliott
- Brian David Ellis (born 1929)
- Jacques Ellul (1912–1994)
- Jean Bethke Elshtain (1941–2013)
- Jon Elster (born 1940)[b][c]
- Charles R. Embry
- Dorothy Emmet (1904–2000)
- Pascal Engel (born 1954)
- David Enoch
- Erik Erikson (1902–1994)
- John Etchemendy (born 1952)
- Amitai Etzioni (born 1929)
- Jin Eun-young (born 1970)
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- Stanley Eveling (1925–2008)
- Nir Eyal (born 1970)
- Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze (1963–2007)
F
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- Anne Fagot-Largeault (born 1938)
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- Marvin Farber (1901–1980)
- Catia Faria (born 1980)
- Austin Marsden Farrer (1904–1968)[d]
- James E. Faulconer (born 1947)
- Joanne Faulkner (born 1972)
- Keith W. Faulkner
- Silvia Federici (born 1942)
- Andrew Feenberg (born 1943)
- Solomon Feferman (1928–2016)
- Carla Fehr
- Herbert Feigl (1902–1988)
- Joel Feinberg (1926–2004)[b][c]
- Fred Feldman (born 1941)
- Ann Ferguson (born 1938)
- Maurizio Ferraris (born 1956)
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- Frederick Ferré (1933–2013)
- Luc Ferry (born 1951)
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- Hartry Field (born 1946)[b][c]
- James Fieser
- Carrie Figdor
- J. N. Findlay (1903–1987)
- Arthur Fine (born 1937)
- Gail Fine
- Kit Fine (born 1946)[b][c]
- Martha Albertson Fineman (born 1943)
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- Herbert Fingarette (1921–2018)
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- Lawrence Finsen
- Susan Finsen
- Roderick Firth (1917–1987)
- John Martin Fischer (born 1952)
- Frederic Fitch (1908–1987)
- Branden Fitelson (born 1969)
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- Kurt Flasch (born 1930)
- Richard E. Flathman (1934–2015)
- Joseph Fletcher (1905–1991)
- Antony Flew (1923–2010)
- Katrin Flikschuh
- Luciano Floridi (born 1964)
- Elizabeth Flower (1914–1995)
- Juliet Floyd
- Vilém Flusser (1920–1991)
- James R. Flynn (1934–2020)
- Thomas R. Flynn (born 1936)
- Jerry Fodor (1935–2017)[a][b][c][d][f]
- Robert Fogelin (1932–2016)
- Dagfinn Føllesdal (born 1932)[b][c]
- William Fontaine (1909–1968)
- Philippa Foot (1920–2010)[a][b][c]
- Graeme R. Forbes
- Peter Forrest (born 1948)
- John Forrester (1949–2015)
- Rainer Forst (born 1964)
- Michel Foucault (1926–1984)[a][b][c][d][e][f]
- Bas van Fraassen (born 1941)
- Carlos Fraenkel (born 1971)
- Gary L. Francione (born 1954)
- Leslie Francis
- Manfred Frank (born 1945)
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- William K. Frankena (1908–1994)[a][b][c]
- Nancy Frankenberry (born 1947)
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- Keith Frankish
- Viktor Frankl (1905–1997)
- James Franklin (born 1953)
- Oliver Shewell Franks (1905–1992)
- Nancy Fraser (born 1947)
- Michael Frede (1940–2007)[b][c]
- Hans Wilhelm Frei (1922–1988)[d]
- Paulo Freire
- Anne Fremantle (1909–2002)
- Peter A. French (born 1942)
- Raymond Frey (1941–2012)
- Miranda Fricker (born 1966)
- Marilyn Friedman (born 1945)
- Michael Friedman (born 1947)
- Milton Friedman (1912–2006)
- Roman Frigg (born 1972)
- Robert Frodeman
- Erich Fromm (1900–1980)
- Risieri Frondizi (1910–1983)
- Marilyn Frye (born 1941)
- Northrop Frye (1912–1991)
- Lon L. Fuller (1902–1978)[d]
- Christopher Fynsk (born 1952)
G
- Dov Gabbay (born 1945)
- Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Raimond Gaita (born 1946)
- John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006)
- Peter Galison (born 1955)
- Shaun Gallagher (born 1948)
- W. B. Gallie (1912–1998)
- Jonardon Ganeri
- Pieranna Garavaso
- Daniel Garber (born 1949)
- Patrick Gardiner (1922–1997)
- John Gardner (1965–2019)
- Jay L. Garfield (born 1955)
- Ann Garry
- Richard Gaskin (born 1960)
- William H. Gass (1924–2017)
- Moira Gatens (born 1954)
- Christopher Gauker
- Stephen Gaukroger (born 1950)
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- Clifford Geertz (1926–2006)
- Arnold Gehlen (1904–1976)
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- Tamar Gendler (born 1965)
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- Alexander George
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- James J. Gibson (1904–1979)
- Roger Gibson (1944–2015)
- Margaret Gilbert (born 1942)
- Langdon Gilkey (1919–2004)
- Mary Louise Gill
- Michael Allen Gillespie (born 1951)
- Donald A. Gillies (born 1944)
- Carol Gilligan (born 1936)
- Neil Gillman (1933–2017)
- Carl Ginet (born 1932)
- Hannah Ginsborg
- René Girard (1923–2015)
- Valéry Giroux (born 1974)
- Kristin Gjesdal
- Michael Glanzberg
- Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917–2010)
- Simon Glendinning (born 1964)
- Hans-Johann Glock (born 1960)
- Jonathan Glover (born 1941)[b][c]
- Clark Glymour (born 1942)
- Paul Gochet (1932–2011)
- Kurt Gödel (1906–1978)[b][c][d]
- Peter Godfrey-Smith (born 1965)
- Lydia Goehr (born 1960)
- Philip Goff
- Erving Goffman (1922–1982)
- Warren Goldfarb (born 1949)
- Peter Goldie (1946–2011)
- Alvin Goldman (born 1938)[a][b][c]
- Lucien Goldmann (1913–1970)
- Victor Goldschmidt (1914–1981)
- Bernard R. Goldstein (born 1938)
- Rebecca Goldstein (born 1950)
- Dan Goldstick
- Cornelius Golightly (1917–1976)
- Jacob Golomb
- Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994)
- Alfonso Gómez-Lobo (1940–2011)
- Robert E. Goodin (born 1950)
- Robert Gooding-Williams (born 1953)
- Nelson Goodman (1906–1998)[a][b][c][d]
- Paul Goodman (1911–1972)
- Alison Gopnik (born 1955)
- Lewis Gordon (born 1962)
- André Gorz (1923–2007)
- Paul Gottfried (born 1941)
- Allan Gotthelf (1942–2013)
- Anthony Gottlieb (born 1956)
- T. A. Goudge (1910–1999)
- Alvin Gouldner (1920–1980)
- Trudy Govier (born 1944)
- Jorge J. E. Gracia (1942–2021)
- James Allen Graff (1937–2005)
- L. Gordon Graham (born 1949)
- Gérard Granel (1930–2000)
- Gilles-Gaston Granger (1920–2016)
- George Grant (1918–1988)
- Ivor Grattan-Guinness (1941–2014)
- Jesse Glenn Gray (1913–1977)
- John Gray (born 1948)
- A. C. Grayling (born 1949)
- Hilary Greaves (born 1978)
- John Greco
- Celia Green (born 1935)
- Karen Green
- Leslie Green (born 1956)
- Clement Greenberg (1909–1994)
- Maxine Greene (1917–2014)
- Patricia Greenspan
- Mary J. Gregor (1928–1994)
- Marjorie Grene (1910–2009)
- Herbert Paul Grice (1913–1988)[a][b][c][d][e]
- David Ray Griffin (born 1939)
- James Griffin (1933–2019)
- Allen Phillips Griffiths (1927–2014)
- Paul E. Griffiths (born 1962)
- Patrick Grim
- Germain Grisez (1929–2018)[b]
- Jeroen Groenendijk (born 1949)
- Elizabeth Grosz (born 1952)
- Lori Gruen
- Adolf Grünbaum (1923–2018)[b][c]
- Cynthia M. Grund (born 1956)
- Félix Guattari (1930–1992)
- Lisa Guenther
- María José Guerra Palmero (born 1962)
- Charles Guignon (1944–2020)
- Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht (born 1948)
- Gotthard Günther (1900–1984)
- Anil Gupta (born 1949)
- Aron Gurwitsch (1901–1973)
- David P. Gushee
- W. K. C. Guthrie (1906–1981)
- Samuel Guttenplan (born 1944)
- Gary Gutting (1942–2019)
- Paul Guyer (born 1948)
- Abimael Guzmán (1934–2021)
- Kwame Gyekye (1939–2019)
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- Susan Haack (born 1945)
- Jürgen Habermas (born 1929)[a][b][c][d][e][f]
- Peter Hacker (born 1939)
- Ian Hacking (born 1936)[b][c]
- John Hadley (born 1966)
- Ilsetraut Hadot (born 1928)
- Pierre Hadot (1922–2010)
- Ruth Hagengruber
- Simon Hailwood
- Volker Halbach (born 1965)
- John Haldane (born 1954)
- Bob Hale (1945–2017)
- Edward J. Hall
- Everett Hall (1901–1960)
- Manly Palmer Hall (1901–1990)
- Philip Hallie (1922–1994)
- Joseph Halpern (born 1953)
- Clive Hamilton (born 1953)
- Stuart Hampshire (1914–2004)[b][c]
- Jean Elizabeth Hampton (1954–1996)
- Byung-Chul Han (born 1959)
- Gila Hanna
- Alastair Hannay (born 1932)[b][c]
- Norwood Russell Hanson (1922–1967)[d]
- Sven Ove Hansson (born 1951)
- Donna Haraway (born 1944)
- Garrett Hardin (1915–2003)
- Russell Hardin (1940–2017)
- Sandra Harding (born 1935)
- Michael Hardt (born 1960)
- John E. Hare (born 1949)
- R. M. Hare (1919–2002)[a][b][c][d]
- Elizabeth Harman
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- Graham Harman (born 1968)
- Rom Harré (1927–2019)
- Karsten Harries (born 1937)
- Michael Harrington (1928–1989)
- Errol Harris (1908–2009)
- John Harris (born 1945)
- Leonard Harris
- Sam Harris (born 1967)
- Tristan Harris (born 1984)
- Zellig Harris (1909–1992)
- John Harsanyi (1920–2000)
- H. L. A. Hart (1907–1992)[a][b][c][d]
- David Bentley Hart (born 1965)
- Verity Harte
- David Hartman (1931–2013)
- Robert S. Hartman (1910–1973)
- Stephan Hartmann (born 1968)
- Nancy Hartsock (1943–2015)
- Van A. Harvey (1923–2021)
- Sally Haslanger
- Gary Hatfield
- Stanley Hauerwas (born 1940)
- John Haugeland (1945–2010)
- Daniel M. Hausman (born 1947)
- David Hawkins (1913–2002)
- Katherine Hawley (1971–2021)
- John Hawthorne (born 1964)
- Matti Häyry (born 1956)
- Jane Heal (born 1946)
- Donald O. Hebb (1904–1985)
- Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 1965)
- Patrick Aidan Heelan (1926–2015)
- John Heil (born 1943)
- Klaus Heinrich (1927–2020)
- Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976)[b][c][d]
- Virginia Held (born 1929)
- Ágnes Heller (1929–2019)
- Erich Heller (1911–1990)
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- Futa Helu (1934–2010)
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- Leon Henkin (1921–2006)
- Robert J. Henle (1909–2000)
- Dieter Henrich (1927–2022)
- Michel Henry (1922–2002)
- Will Herberg (1901–1977)
- Barbara Herman (born 1945)
- Jeanne Hersch (1910–2000)
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- Stephen Hicks (born 1960)
- Pamela Hieronymi
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- Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011)
- Sarah Hoagland (born 1945)
- Angie Hobbs (born 1961)
- Richard Hocking (1906–2001)
- Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
- Albert Hofstadter (1910–1989)
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- Richard Holton
- Ted Honderich (born 1933)[c]
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- John Hospers (1918–2011)
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- Fiona Hughes
- George Edward Hughes (1918–1994)
- David Hull (1935–2010)
- Paul Humphreys
- Thomas Hurka (born 1952)
- Susan Hurley (1954–2007)
- Rosalind Hursthouse (born 1943)
- Douglas Husak (born 1948)
- Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899–1977)
- John Hyman (born 1960)
- Jean Hyppolite (1907–1968)
I
- Don Ihde (born 1934)
- Ivan Illich (1926–2002)
- Evald Vassilievich Ilyenkov (1924–1979)[d]
- Claude Imbert (born 1933)
- Bernard Ryosuke Inagaki (born 1928)
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- Luce Irigaray (born 1930)[a][b][c][d]
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- Veronica Ivy (born 1982)
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- Christopher Janaway
- Erich Jantsch (1929–1980)
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- Adrian Johnston
- Mark Johnston
- Hans Jonas (1903–1993)
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- Shelly Kagan (born 1954)[c]
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- David Kelley (born 1949)
- Sean Dorrance Kelly
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- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968)
- Elselijn Kingma (born 1981)
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- Eva Kittay
- Peter Kivy (1934–2017)
- Stephen Cole Kleene (1909–1994)
- Martha Klein
- Peter D. Klein (born 1940)
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- Sue Knight
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- Wilbur Knorr (1945–1997)
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- Hans Köchler (born 1948)
- Joseph J. Kockelmans (born 1923)
- Peter Koellner
- Noretta Koertge
- Arthur Koestler (1905–1983)
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- Leszek Kolakowski (1927–2009)
- Katerina Kolozova (born 1969)
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- Robert C. Koons
- Mario Kopić (born 1965)
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- Quill Kukla
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- İoanna Kuçuradi (born 1936)
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- Paul Kurtz (1925–2012)
- Jonathan Kvanvig (born 1954)
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- Will Kymlicka (born 1962)
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- Jennifer Lackey
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- Corliss Lamont (1902–1995)
- Mark Lance (born 1959)
- Ludwig Landgrebe (1902–1991)
- Helen S. Lang (1947–2016)
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- François Laruelle (born 1937)
- Christopher Lasch (1932–1994)
- Serge Latouche (born 1940)
- Bruno Latour (1947–2022)
- Larry Laudan (born 1941)
- Quentin Lauer (1917–1997)
- Stephen Laurence
- Albert Lautman (1908–1944)
- Thelma Z. Lavine (1915–2011)
- Stephen Law (born 1960)
- Morris Lazerowitz (1907–1987)
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- Bruce Lee (1940–1973)
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- Werner Leinfellner (1921–2010)
- Brian Leiter (born 1963)
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- James Lenman
- Kathleen Lennon
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- Thomas Lepeltier (born 1967)
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- Mark Lilla (born 1956)
- George Lindbeck (1923–2018)
- Hilde Lindemann
- Rudolf Lingens (born 1918)
- Alphonso Lingis (born 1933)
- Øystein Linnebo (born 1971)
- Leonard Linsky (1922–2012)
- Gilles Lipovetsky (born 1944)
- Arthur Lipsett (1936–1986)
- Peter Lipton (1954–2007)
- Christian List
- Elisabeth Lloyd (born 1956)
- Genevieve Lloyd (born 1941)
- Sharon Lloyd (born 1958)
- Barry Loewer (born 1945)
- Knud Ejler Løgstrup (1905–1981)
- Andrew Loke
- Loren Lomasky
- Alan Lomax (1915–2002)
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- R. James Long (born 1938)
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- Bernard Loomer (1912–1985)
- Beth Lord (born 1976)
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- David Macarthur
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- Dwight Macdonald (1906–1982)
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- John MacFarlane
- Peter K. Machamer (1942–2023)
- Tibor R. Machan (1939–2016)
- Edouard Machery
- Alasdair MacIntyre (born 1929)[a][b][c][d][f]
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- Penelope Mackie
- Catharine A. MacKinnon (born 1946)
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- Fiona Macpherson (born 1971)
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- Penelope Maddy (born 1950)
- Marylin Maeso (born 1988)
- Rosa María Rodríguez Magda (born 1957)
- Bryan Magee (1930–2019)
- Ofra Magidor
- Lorenzo Magnani (born 1952)
- Jane Maienschein (born 1950)
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- John Marenbon (born 1955)
- Henry Margenau (1901–1997)
- Joseph Margolis (1924–2021)
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- Odo Marquard (1928–2015)
- Don Marquis (1935–2022)
- Giacomo Marramao (born 1946)
- Jill Marsden (born 1964)
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- Jerry L. Martin
- Michael G. F. Martin (born 1962)
- Michael Lou Martin (1932–2015)
- Richard Milton Martin (1916–1985)
- Aloysius Martinich (born 1946)
- Abraham Maslow (1908–1970)
- Michelle Mason
- Michela Massimi
- Brian Massumi (born 1956)
- Margaret Masterman (1910–1986)
- Benson Mates (1919–2009)
- Alexandre Matheron (1926–2020)
- Freya Mathews
- Bimal Krishna Matilal (1935–1991)
- Wallace Matson (1921–2012)
- Gareth Matthews (1929–2011)
- Tim Maudlin (born 1958)
- Abul A'la Maududi (1903–1979)
- George I. Mavrodes (1926–2019)
- Rollo May (1909–1994)
- Todd May (born 1955)
- John Maynard Smith (1920–2004)
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- Noëlle McAfee
- Linda López McAlister (1939–2021)
- Herbert McCabe (1926–2001)
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- John McCarthy (1927–2011)
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- John McMurtry
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O
- Lucy O'Brien (born 1964)
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Q
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- Javad Tabatabai (born 1945)
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- Larry Temkin
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- Neil Tennant (born 1950)
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- Lisa Tessman
- Eugene Thacker
- Paul Thagard (born 1950)
- Irving Thalberg Jr. (1930–1987)
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- Laurence Thomas (born 1949)
- Amie Thomasson (born 1968)
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- Patricia Thompson (1926–2016)
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- Valerie Tiberius
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- Rosemarie Tong (born 1949)
- Michael Tooley (born 1941)
- Roberto Torretti (born 1930)
- Stephen Toulmin (1922–2009)
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- Joseph Tussman (1914–2005)
- Michael Tye (born 1950)
- Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka (1923–2014)
U
- Thomas Uebel (born 1952)
- Peter Unger (born 1942)
- Roberto Mangabeira Unger (born 1947)
- Ivo Urbančič (1930–2016)
- J. O. Urmson (1915–2012)
- Alasdair Urquhart (born 1945)
V
- William F. Vallicella
- Johan van Benthem (born 1949)
- Herman Van Breda (1911–1974)
- Bas van Fraassen (born 1941)[b][c]
- Tim van Gelder
- Jean van Heijenoort (1912–1986)
- Jean Vanier (1928–2019)
- Peter van Inwagen (born 1942)
- Luuk van Middelaar (born 1973)
- Bryan W. Van Norden (born 1962)
- Philippe Van Parijs (born 1951)
- Peter Vardy (born 1945)
- Francisco Varela (1946–2001)
- Gary Varner (born 1957)
- Juha Varto (born 1949)
- Achille Varzi (born 1958)
- Gianni Vattimo (born 1936)[d]
- Achille Varzi (born 1958)
- Nicla Vassallo (born 1963)
- Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez (1915–2011)
- Henry Babcock Veatch (1911–1997)
- J. David Velleman (born 1952)
- Zeno Vendler (1921–2004)
- Giovanni Ventimiglia
- Peter-Paul Verbeek (born 1971)
- Dirk Verhofstadt (born 1955)
- Etienne Vermeersch (1934–2019)
- Michel Villey (1914–1988)[d]
- Paul Virilio (1932–2018)
- Eliseo Vivas (1901–1991)
- Gregory Vlastos (1907–1991)[b][c][d]
- Eric Voegelin (1901–1985)[d]
- Candace Vogler
- John von Neumann (1903–1957)
- Heinrich von Staden (born 1939)
- Jules Vuillemin (1920–2001)
W
- Jeremy Waldron (born 1953)
- Margaret Urban Walker (born 1948)
- Mark Alan Walker (born 1963)
- Ralph C. S. Walker (born 1944)
- R. Jay Wallace (born 1957)
- Adrian Walsh (born 1963)
- W. H. Walsh (1913–1986)
- Douglas N. Walton (1942–2020)
- Kendall Walton (born 1939)[c]
- Wil Waluchow (born 1953)
- Michael Walzer (born 1935)[b][c]
- Ernest Wamba dia Wamba (1942–2020)
- Hao Wang (1921–1995)[b][c]
- Nigel Warburton (born 1962)
- Keith Ward (born 1938)
- Georgia Warnke
- Geoffrey J. Warnock (1923–1996)[b][c]
- Mary Warnock (1924–2019)[b][c]
- Karen J. Warren (1947–2020)
- Thomas B. Warren (1920–2000)
- Marx W. Wartofsky (1928–1997)
- Robin Waterfield (born 1952)
- John W. N. Watkins (1924–1999)
- John Leonard Watling (1923–2004)
- Alan Watts (1915–1973)
- Paul Watzlawick (1921–2007)
- Helmut Wautischer
- Brian Weatherson
- Richard M. Weaver (1910–1963)
- Eugene Webb (born 1938)
- Michel Weber (born 1963)
- William Stone Weedon (1908–1984)
- Simone Weil (1909–1943)[a][b][c][d]
- Rivka Weinberg
- Joan Weiner
- Jack Russell Weinstein (born 1969)
- Paul Weiss (1901–2002)
- Morris Weitz (1916–1981)
- Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912–2007)
- Philip Welch (born 1954)
- Christopher Heath Wellman (born 1967)
- Albrecht Wellmer (1933–2018)
- Peter Wenz (born 1945)
- Archibald Garden Wernham (1916–1989)
- Cornel West (born 1953)
- Robert B. Westbrook (born 1950)
- Anthony Weston (born 1954)
- Philip Wheelwright (1901–1970)
- Rebecca Whisnant
- Alan White (born 1951)
- Alan R. White (1922–1992)
- Morton White (1917–2016)
- Jennifer Whiting
- Kyle Powys Whyte
- Heather Widdows (born 1972)
- Nettie Wiebe (born 1949)
- Philip P. Wiener (1905–1992)
- David Wiggins (born 1933)[b][c]
- Dan Wikler (born 1946)
- John Daniel Wild (1902–1972)
- Frederick Wilhelmsen (1923–1996)
- Kathy Wilkes (1946–2003)
- Dallas Willard (1935–2013)
- Cynthia Willett
- Bernard Williams (1929–2003)[a][b][c][d][e]
- C. J. F. Williams (1930–1997)
- Michael Williams (born 1947)
- Timothy Williamson (born 1955)[c]
- Jan Willis (born 1948)
- Amos N. Wilson (1940/41–1995)
- Catherine Wilson (born 1951)
- Jessica Wilson
- Margaret Dauler Wilson (1939–1998)
- Mark Wilson (born 1947)
- Robert Wilson (born 1964)
- William C. Wimsatt (born 1941)
- Peter Winch (1926–1997)[b][c]
- Richard Dien Winfield (born 1950)
- Ajume Wingo
- Langdon Winner (born 1944)
- William J. Winslade (born 1941)
- Kwasi Wiredu (born 1931)
- John Wisdom (1904–1993)[b][c]
- John Oulton Wisdom (1908–1993)
- Charlotte Witt (born 1951)
- Monique Wittig (1935–2003)
- Karol Wojtyła (1920–2005)
- Jan Woleński (born 1940)
- Susan R. Wolf (born 1952)
- Ursula Wolf (born 1951)
- Jonathan Wolff (born 1959)
- Robert Paul Wolff (born 1933)
- Sybil Wolfram (1931–1993)
- Elizabeth Wolgast (1929–2020)
- Sheldon Wolin (1922–2015)
- Richard Wollheim (1923–2003)[b][c]
- Nicholas Wolterstorff (born 1932)
- David B. Wong
- Allen W. Wood (born 1942)
- David Wood (born 1946)
- W. Hugh Woodin (born 1955)
- Paul Woodruff (born 1943)
- John Woods (born 1937)
- Raphael Woolf
- John Worrall (born 1946)
- Mark Wrathall (born 1965)
- Crispin Wright (born 1942)[b][c]
- Georg Henrik von Wright (1916–2003)[a][b][c][d]
- W. D. Wright (born 1936)
- Jerzy Wróblewski (1926–1990)[d]
- Alison Wylie (born 1954)
- Mark Wynn (born 1963)
- Edith Wyschogrod (1930–2009)
X
- Xu Liangying (1920–2013)
Y
- Stephen Yablo
- George Yancy (born 1961)
- Keith Yandell (1938–2020)
- Cemal Yıldırım (1925–2009)
- Francis Parker Yockey (1917–1960)
- John Howard Yoder (1927–1997)
- John W. Yolton (1921–2005)
- Robert M. Yost (1917–2006)
- Arthur M. Young (1905–1995)
- Damon Young (born 1975)
- Iris Marion Young (1949–2006)
- Julian Young (born 1943)
- Robert M. Young (1935–2019)
- Jiyuan Yu (1964–2016)
Z
- Santiago Zabala (born 1975)
- Richard Zach
- Naomi Zack
- Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski (born 1946)
- Dan Zahavi (born 1967)
- José Zalabardo (born 1964)
- Edward N. Zalta (born 1952)
- María Zambrano (1904–1991)
- Marlène Zarader (born 1949)
- Ingo Zechner (born 1972)
- Eddy Zemach
- John Zerzan (born 1943)
- Zhou Guoping (born 1945)
- Zygmunt Ziembiński (1920–1996)
- Paul Ziff (1920–2003)
- Robert Zimmer (born 1953)
- Dean Zimmerman
- Michael E. Zimmerman (born 1946)
- Alexander Zinoviev (1922–2006)
- Slavoj Žižek (born 1949)[f]
- Elémire Zolla (1926–2002)
- Volker Zotz (born 1956)
- François Zourabichvili (1965–2006)
- Catherine Zuckert (born 1942)
- Michael Zuckert (born 1942)
- Rachel Zuckert (born 1969)
- Estanislao Zuleta (1935–1990)
- Alenka Zupančič (born 1965)
- Jan Zwicky (born 1955)
See also
- 20th-century philosophy
- List of philosophers born in the centuries BC
- List of philosophers born in the 1st through 10th centuries
- List of philosophers born in the 11th through 14th centuries
- List of philosophers born in the 15th and 16th centuries
- List of philosophers born in the 17th century
- List of philosophers born in the 18th century
- List of philosophers born in the 19th century
Notes
ISBN 0-521-63722-8
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy Oxford University Press; 1995. ISBN 0-19-866132-0
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy Oxford University Press; 2005. ISBN 0-19-926479-1
Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Routledge; 2000. ISBN 0-415-22364-4
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. ISSN 1095-5054
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. ISSN 2161-0002
