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  • The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle's account of substance ... French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes (1596-1650)—often ...
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  • for the principles and each Pre-Socratic philosopher identified different elements ... The earliest philosopher, Thales for example, identified "water ...
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  • Epictetus (c. 55 C.E. – c. 135 C.E.) was a Greek Stoic philosopher ... would have been left to die. The Cynic philosopher Demonax, who was a pupil ...
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  • John Norris (1657 – 1711), Anglican priest, philosopher and poet ... proponent of the ideas of the French philosopher Nicolas Malebranche (1638–1715 ...
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  • mathematician who became a logician and philosopher. He helped found both ... As a philosopher of mathematics, Frege loathed appeals to psychologistic ...
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  • this type of argument is that of German philosopher Immanuel Kant, who devised ... In his Critique of Pure Reason, German philosopher Immanuel Kant stated ...
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  • – January 24, 1965) was a Russian philosopher, representative of ... *Shein, Louis J. 1966. N. O. Lossky, 1870-1965: A Russian Philosopher ...
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  • The philosopher Charles Peirce introduced abduction into modern logic ... Norwood Russell Hanson, a philosopher of science, wanted to grasp ...
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  • C.E. - 1240 C.E.) was a Muslim mystic, philosopher, poet, and writer who ... further the understanding of this great philosopher's teachings. ...
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  • Alkindus) was known as the first Islamic philosopher, and also as a scientist ... He was the only well-known Islamic philosopher of Arab descent. Al-KindÄ« ...
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  • fallacy of moral reasoning. The British philosopher George Edward Moore (1873 ... The Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) discovered the is ...
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  • scientific knowledge. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle can be understood ... history of philosophy since then, any philosopher who has raised such questions ...
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  • roots in the nineteenth century Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard. Absurdism ... A century before Camus, the nineteenth century Danish philosopher ...
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  • verified by sensory experience). German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804 ... quot; were introduced by French philosopher Saint-Simon (1760-1825 ...
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  • presence of the most eminent German Enlightenment philosopher of his time, Christian Wolff — at a time when universities in general were in some decay ...
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  • Seventeenth century French philosopher-mathematician RenĂ© Descartes ... German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz acknowledged the ...
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  • a satire of academic debate on an eccentric philosopher, finding time to introduce the atomic theory of the bicycle. The Dalkey Archive features a character ...
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  • 10, 1198) was an Andalusian-Arab philosopher and physician, a master ... befriended Ibn Tufayl (Abubacer), a philosopher and the official physician ...
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  • )) was a Russian—Jewish existentialist writer and philosopher. He ... Heidegger, and was urged to study Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. ...
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  • American intellectual historian and philosopher, who founded the field ... Under the influence of the philosopher George Homes Howison, Lovejoy’s ...
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