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- Edmund Gettier: The Philosopher Who Changed the Meaning of Knowledge
Edmund Lee Gettier III was born in 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland, and became one of the most quietly influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Unlike many major philosophers, he did not build his reputation through a long series of books, public lectures, or a sweeping philosophical system. His fame rests largely on one short article,… Read more: Edmund Gettier: The Philosopher Who Changed the Meaning of Knowledge - Aldous Huxley: The Visionary Writer Who Saw the Future Through Pleasure, Power, and Perception
Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in Godalming, Surrey, England, into one of Britain’s most distinguished intellectual families. His grandfather, Thomas Henry Huxley, was the famous defender of Darwin’s theory of evolution, while his great-uncle Matthew Arnold was a major poet and cultural critic. His father, Leonard Huxley, was a writer and… Read more: Aldous Huxley: The Visionary Writer Who Saw the Future Through Pleasure, Power, and Perception - Franz Brentano: The Philosopher Who Made Consciousness Intentional
Franz Clemens Brentano was born on January 16, 1838, in Marienberg am Rhein, Germany, into a cultivated Catholic family with deep intellectual roots. His uncle Clemens Brentano and aunt Bettina von Arnim were major figures in German Romantic literature, and the family atmosphere joined religion, scholarship, and European culture. Brentano studied philosophy, theology, mathematics, and… Read more: Franz Brentano: The Philosopher Who Made Consciousness Intentional - Harry Frankfurt: The Philosopher Who Asked What We Really Care About
Harry Gordon Frankfurt was born on May 29, 1929, and grew up in Brooklyn and Baltimore. He was raised by his adoptive parents, Bertha and Nathan Frankfurt, in a household far removed from the public fame he would later receive as one of America’s most distinctive moral philosophers. His interest in philosophy began early, reportedly… Read more: Harry Frankfurt: The Philosopher Who Asked What We Really Care About - Thomas Reid: The Philosopher Who Defended Common Sense Against Skepticism
Thomas Reid was born on April 26, 1710, in Strachan, Kincardineshire, Scotland, and became one of the central figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. He is best known as the founder of Scottish Common Sense philosophy, a movement that defended ordinary human judgment against the skeptical conclusions of philosophers such as David Hume. Reid was not… Read more: Thomas Reid: The Philosopher Who Defended Common Sense Against Skepticism - Robert Kane: The Philosopher Who Defended Free Will in a Scientific Age
Robert Hilary Kane was born on November 25, 1938, in Boston, Massachusetts, and became one of the most important contemporary defenders of libertarian free will. He grew up in Maynard, Massachusetts, and studied philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross, where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1960. He also studied at the University… Read more: Robert Kane: The Philosopher Who Defended Free Will in a Scientific Age - Roderick Chisholm: The Philosopher Who Defended Knowledge, Persons, and the Inner Life
Roderick Milton Chisholm was born on November 27, 1916, in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, and became one of the most important American philosophers of the twentieth century. His work reached across epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and the theory of action. Unlike philosophers who became famous for one doctrine or one book,… Read more: Roderick Chisholm: The Philosopher Who Defended Knowledge, Persons, and the Inner Life - Road Rage: Why Driving Turns Ordinary Anger Into Dangerous Aggression
Road rage is one of the clearest examples of how quickly ordinary frustration can become dangerous aggression. A person who may be polite in a grocery store or calm at work can suddenly shout, tailgate, gesture, honk, block another driver, or chase a car down the road. Driving places people inside powerful machines, moving at… Read more: Road Rage: Why Driving Turns Ordinary Anger Into Dangerous Aggression - David Lewis: The Philosopher Who Made Possible Worlds Real
David Kellogg Lewis was born on September 28, 1941, in Oberlin, Ohio, and became one of the most influential analytic philosophers of the late twentieth century. His work reshaped metaphysics, philosophy of language, logic, philosophy of mind, decision theory, ethics, and epistemology. Lewis was famous for defending strange-sounding views with extraordinary precision. He did not… Read more: David Lewis: The Philosopher Who Made Possible Worlds Real - Alfred North Whitehead: The Philosopher of Process, Creativity, and Living Thought
Alfred North Whitehead was born on February 15, 1861, in Ramsgate, Kent, England, into a family shaped by education, religion, and public service. His father was an Anglican clergyman and schoolmaster, and Whitehead grew up in an atmosphere where discipline, learning, and moral seriousness were taken for granted. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1880,… Read more: Alfred North Whitehead: The Philosopher of Process, Creativity, and Living Thought