List of living philosophers and academics of philosophy

From The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom)

Living philosophers and academics of philosophy (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically:

See also:

• List of philosophers
• List of philosophers born in the centuries BC
• List of philosophers born in the first through tenth centuries
• List of philosophers born in the eleventh through fourteenth centuries
• List of philosophers born in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
• List of philosophers born in the seventeenth century
• List of philosophers born in the eighteenth century
• List of philosophers born in the nineteenth century
• List of philosophers born in the twentieth century
• List of living philosophers and academics of philosophy

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Marilyn McCord Adams^O12, Christ Church, Oxford, philosophy of religion
• Robert Adams^O12, Christ Church, Oxford, philosophy of religion
• Sediq Afghan, International Centre for Mathematical Philosophy, Kabul, area of research unknown
• Giorgio Agamben, University of Verona, political philosophy
• Robert Alexy, University of Kiel, philosophy of law
• Henry Allison, University of California, San Diego (Emeritus), Kant/18th-19th century philosophy
• William Alston^CO12, Syracuse University (Emeritus), epistemology/philosophy of religion
• C. Anthony Anderson, University of California, Santa Barbara, logic
• Karl-Otto Apel, University of Frankfurt am Main (Emeritus), ethics/philosophy of language
• Anthony Appiah, Princeton University, social philosophy
• David Malet Armstrong^CO12^R, University of Sydney (Emeritus), philosophy of mind/metaphysics
• Kenneth Arrow^O12, Stanford University, decision theory/social philosophy
• Albert Chernenko, Institute of philosophy and law, Novosibirsk, social and legal philosophy

B

• Kent Bach, San Francisco State University, philosophy of language
• Alain Badiou, École Normale Supérieure, political philosophy
• Annette Baier^O1, University of Pittsburgh (Emerita), Hume/ethics/philosophy of mind
• Kurt Baier^O1, University of Pittsburgh (Emeritus), ethics
• Étienne Balibar, University of California, Irvine, political philosophy
• Stephen Barker, Johns Hopkins University (Emeritus), logic
• Jonathan Barnes^O12, University of Paris I, ancient philosophy
• Brian Barry^O12, Columbia University/London School of Economics (Emeritus), ethics/political philosophy
• Jacques Barzun, Columbia University, history of ideas
• Jean Baudrillard^O2^RS, European Graduate School, postmodernism/post-structuralism
• William Bechtel, University of California, San Diego, philosophy of science
• Hamdija Begovic, Affiliation unknown, political philosophy/social philosophy
• Nuel Belnap^O12, University of Pittsburgh, logic
• Paul Benacerraf, Princeton University, philosophy of mathematics
• Jonathan Bennett^O12, Syracuse University, early modern philosophy
• Geoffrey Bennington, Emory University, deconstructionism
• Jean-Yves Béziau, University of Neuchâtel, logic
• Homi Bhabha, Harvard University, postcolonial theory
• Roy Bhaskar, Affiliation unknown, Critical Realism
• Harry Binswanger, Ayn Rand Institute, philosophy of mind/philosophy of science
• Simon Blackburn^O12, University of Cambridge, epistemology/metaphysics/ethics
• David Blitz, Central Connecticut State University, philosophy of science
• Ned Block^O12, New York University, philosophy of mind
• Paul Boghossian, New York University, epistemology
• Laurence BonJour, University of Washington, epistemology
• Myles Brand, Indiana University, action theory
• Robert Brandom^O2, University of Pittsburgh, philosophy of mind/philosophy of language
• Stephen Bronner, Rutgers University, political philosophy
• Bryn Browne, University of Wales, Lampeter, ethics
• Anthony Brueckner, University of California, Santa Barbara, metaphysics/epistemology
• Malcolm Budd^O1, University College London, aesthetics
• Mario Bunge, McGill University, philosophy of science/metaphysics
• Tyler Burge^O12, University of California, Los Angeles, philosophy of mind/epistemology
• John Burnheim, University of Sydney, political philosophy
• Myles Frederic Burnyeat^O12, All Souls College, Oxford, ancient philosophy
• Panayot Butchvarov, University of Iowa, metaphysics/epistemology
• Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley/European Graduate School, poststructuralism/feminism

C

• John Campbell^O2, University of California, Berkeley, philosophy of mind
• John D. Caputo, Syracuse University, deconstructionism/philosophy of religion
• Nancy Cartwright^O12, London School of Economics, philosophy of science
• Stanley Cavell^CO12^R, Harvard University, epistemology
• David Chalmers^O2, Australian National University, philosophy of mind
• Timothy Chambers, Brown University (Graduate student), metaphysics
• Rafe Champion, Independent scholar, social philosophy
• David Charles, Oriel College, Oxford, philosophy of mind/philosophy of action
• Noam Chomsky^CO12^R, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, philosophy of language/philosophy of mind
• Andrea Christofidou, Pembroke College, Oxford, metaphysics/philosophy of mind
• Patricia Churchland^C, University of California, San Diego, philosophy of mind/philosophy of science
• Paul Churchland^CO12, University of California, San Diego, philosophy of mind/philosophy of science
• Hélène Cixous^R, University of Paris VIII, feminism/deconstructionism
• Andy Clark, University of Edinburgh, philosophy of mind
• Stephen R. L. Clark, University of Liverpool, ethics/philosophy of religion
• David Cockburn, University of Wales, Lampeter, philosophy of mind/metaphysics
• G.A. Cohen^O12, All Souls College, Oxford, political philosophy
• L. Jonathan Cohen^O12, The Queen's College, Oxford, philosophy of language/epistemology
• André Comte-Sponville, University of Paris I, philosophy of religion/philosophy of education
• Marcel Conche, University of Paris I, ancient philosophy
• Gerhard Anna Concic-Kaucic, Independent scholar, deconstructionism
• William Lane Craig, Biola University, philosophy of religion

D

• Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University, transaesthetics
• Newton da Costa, University of São Paulo, logic
• Arthur Danto^CO12, Columbia University, aesthetics
• Michael Davis, Illinois Institute of Technology, ethics/philosophy of law
• Daniel Dennett^CO12^R, Tufts University, philosophy of science/philosophy of mind
• Vincent Descombes, Institut Jean Nicod, philosophy of language/philosophy of mind
• Sousa Dias, Escola de Artes Soares dos Reis, Porto, Deleuze
• Daniel Dombrowski, Seattle University, ethics
• Keith Donnellan, University of California, Los Angeles (Emeritus), philosophy of language
• Elliot N. Dorff, University of Judaism, ethics/bioethics
• Fred Dretske^CO12, Duke University, epistemology/philosophy of mind
• Hubert Dreyfus, University of California, Berkeley, phenomenology/artificial intelligence
• Michael Dummett^CO12^R, All Souls College, Oxford (Emeritus), philosophy of mathematics/philosophy of language/logic
• Ronald Dworkin^CO12^R, University College London/New York University, philosophy of law

E

• John Earman^O2, University of Pittsburgh, philosophy of physics
• Umberto Eco^C, University of Bologna, semiotics/aesthetics
• Dorothy Edgington, Magdalen College, Oxford, metaphysics/logic
• Jon Elster^O12, Collège de France, decision theory/philosophy of social science
• Stanley Eveling, University of Edinburgh, existentialism

F

• Solomon Feferman, Stanford University, mathematical logic
• Hartry Field^O12, New York University, logic/philosophy of mathematics
• Kit Fine^O2, New York University, philosophy of language/metaphysics
• John Finnis^O12, University College, Oxford/University of Notre Dame, philosophy of law
• Owen Flanagan, Duke University, philosophy of mind/philosophy of psychology
• Richard E. Flathman, Johns Hopkins University, political philosophy
• Antony Flew, York University, social philosophy/philosophy of religion
• Jerry Fodor^CO12^R, Rutgers University, philosophy of mind/philosophy of psychology
• Robert J. Fogelin^O12, Dartmouth College (Emeritus), history of philosophy/epistemology
• Dagfinn Føllesdal^O12, Stanford University, philosophy of language/phenomenology
• Philippa Foot^CO12, University of California, Los Angeles (Emerita), ethics/philosophy of action
• Eckart Förster, Johns Hopkins University, German idealism/history of philosophy
• Harry Gordon Frankfurt^O12, Princeton University (Emeritus), ethics/philosophy of action
• Michael Frede^O12, Keble College, Oxford, ancient philosophy/history of philosophy

G

• Martin Gardner, Independent scholar, skepticism/logic
• David Gauthier^O12, University of Pittsburgh (Emeritus), political philosophy/social philosophy
• Peter Geach^CO12, University of Leeds (Emeritus), philosophy of language/philosophy of religion
• Alexander George, Amherst College, philosophy of language/philosophy of mathematics
• Robert P. George, Princeton University, philosophy of law
• Bernard Gert, Dartmouth College, ethics
• Edmund Gettier^O12, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Emeritus), epistemology
• Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge, political philosophy/history of Continental philosophy
• Allan Gibbard^O12, University of Michigan, ethics
• Neil Gillman, Jewish Theological Seminary, Jewish philosophy
• Rene Girard, Stanford University (Emeritus), philosophical anthropology
• Ernst von Glasersfeld, University of Georgia, constructivist epistemology
• Jonathan Glover^O12, King's College London, ethics
• Clark Glymour, Carnegie Mellon University, philosophy of science/philosophy of psychology
• Alvin Ira Goldman^CO12, Rutgers University, epistemology/philosophy of mind
• Richard Grathoff, Bielefeld University, phenomenology
• John Gray, London School of Economics, political philosophy
• A. C. Grayling, Birkbeck, University of London, history of philosophy/epistemology
• Celia Green, Independent scholar, philosophy of psychology
• James Griffin^O12, Keble College, Oxford, ethics
• Germain Grisez^O1, Mount Saint Mary's College, Catholic moral philosophy
• Reinhardt Grossman^O12, Indiana University, Bloomington (Emeritus), epistemology/metaphysics/phenomenology
• Adolf Grünbaum^O12, University of Pittsburgh, philosophy of science
• Kwame Gyekye, University of Ghana, African philosophy

H

• Susan Haack, University of Miami, philosophy of language/epistemology
• Jürgen Habermas^CO12^RS*, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Emeritus), critical theory
• Ian Hacking^O12, Collège de France, philosophy of science/philosophy of language
• Werner Hamacher, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, deconstructionism
• David Walter Hamlyn^O12, Birkbeck College, London (Emeritus), epistemology/philosophy of mind
• Alastair Hannay^O12, University of Oslo, Kierkegaard/philosophy of mind
• John Hare, Yale Divinity School, ethics
• Gilbert Harman^O12, Princeton University, ethics/epistemology/philosophy of mind
• John Haugeland, University of Chicago, philosophy of mind
• Futa Helu, `Atenisi Institute, Tonga, cultural philosophy/philosophy of education
• Ronald William Hepburn^O1, University of Edinburgh, aesthetics
• Mary Hesse, Cambridge University (Emerita), philosophy of science
• John Hick^O1, University of Birmingham, philosophy of religion
• Alice von Hildebrand, Hunter College, (Emerita), philosophy of religion
• Jaakko Hintikka^CO12, Boston University, logic/epistemology
• Douglas Hofstadter, Indiana University Bloomington, philosophy of mind
• Ted Honderich^O2, University College London, metaphysics/political philosophy
• Jennifer Hornsby^O12, Birkbeck College, London, philosophy of language/philosophy of mind
• Paul Horwich^O12, New York University, logic/metaphysics
• Paulin J. Hountondji, National University of Benin, African philosophy
• Edward M. Hundert, Case Western Reserve University, medical ethics
• Rosalind Hursthouse, University of Auckland, ethics

I

• Michael Ignatieff, University of Toronto, political philosophy
• Don Ihde, State University of New York at Stony Brook, hermeneutics/phenomenology
• Luce Irigaray^CO12^R, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, feminism/philosophy of language
• Terence Irwin^O12, Cornell University, ancient philosophy

J

• Frank Jackson^O12, Australian National University, philosophy of mind
• Fredric Jameson, Duke University, literary criticism/postmodernism

K

• Shelly Kagan^O2, Yale University, ethics
• Robert Kane, University of Texas at Austin, philosophy of action/philosophy of mind
• David Kaplan^O12, University of California, Los Angeles, philosophy of language/logic
• David Kelley, The Objectivist Center, social philosophy/epistemology
• Anthony Kenny^O12, Balliol College, Oxford (Emeritus), philosophy of religion/philosophy of mind
• Jaegwon Kim^CO12, Brown University, philosophy of mind/epistemology
• Peter J. King, Pembroke College, Oxford, history of philosophy/metaphysics
• Mark Kingwell, University of Toronto, political philosophy/social philosophy
• Richard Kirkham, Affiliation unknown, epistemology/logic
• Philip Kitcher^O2, Columbia University, philosophy of science
• Martha Klein, Pembroke College, Oxford, philosophy of action/ethics
• John Kok, Dordt College, Reformational philosophy
• Leszek Kolakowski, All Souls College, Oxford, political philosophy
• Hilary Kornblith, University of Massachusetts Amherst, epistemology/philosophy of mind
• Christine Korsgaard^O2, Harvard University, ethics/philosophy of action
• Georg Kreisel^O12, Stanford University (Emeritus), logic
• Saul Kripke^CO12^R, CUNY Graduate Center, logic/philosophy of language
• Julia Kristeva^CO12^R, Affiliation unknown, poststructuralism/feminism
• Will Kymlicka, Queen's University, political philosophy/social philosophy

L

• Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe^R, Marc Bloch University, Continental philosophy
• Michèle Le Dœuff^O12^R, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, feminism/imagery
• Keith Lehrer^O12, University of Arizona/University of Miami, epistemology/metaphysics
• Brian Leiter, University of Texas at Austin, philosophy of law/Continental philosophy
• Claude Lévi-Strauss^O12^R, Collège de France (Emeritus), structuralism
• Bernard-Henri Lévy, Independent scholar, social philosophy
• Alphonso Lingis, Pennsylvania State University (Emeritus), phenomenology
• John R. Lucas^O1, Merton College, Oxford (Emeritus), philosophy of mind/philosophy of science
• William G. Lycan^O12, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, philosophy of mind/philosophy of language

M

• Alasdair MacIntyre^CO12^R, University of Notre Dame, ethics/history of philosophy
• Penelope Maddy, University of California, Irvine, philosophy of mathematics
• Mostafa Malekian, Affiliation unknown, social philosophy
• Ruth Barcan Marcus^CO12, Yale University/University of California, Irvine, logic
• Charles B. Martin^O12, University of Calgary (Emeritus), philosophy of mind/metaphysics
• Donald A. Martin, University of California, Los Angeles, philosophy of mathematics
• Michael Martin, Boston University (Emeritus), philosophy of religion
• Humberto Maturana, University of Chile, epistemology/philosophy of mind
• George I. Mavrodes, University of Michigan, philosophy of religion
• John McDowell^O12, University of Pittsburgh, philosophy of mind/philosophy of language
• Colin McGinn^O12, Rutgers University/University of Miami, philosophy of mind/metaphysics
• David McLellan, Goldsmiths' College, Marxism
• John McMurtry, University of Guelph, ethics/political philosophy
• Tony McWalter, Independent scholar, Kant/political philosophy
• D. Hugh Mellor^O12, University of Cambridge (Emeritus), metaphysics
• Winfried Menninghaus, Free University of Berlin, aesthetics/literary theory
• Thomas Metzinger, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, philosophy of mind/ethics
• Mary Midgley, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (Emerita), ethics/philosophy of science
• Alan Millar, University of Stirling, philosophy of mind/epistemology
• Ruth Millikan^O12, University of Connecticut (Emerita), philosophy of mind/philosophy of language
• Max More, Extropy Institute, transhumanism
• J. P. Moreland, Biola University/Discovery Institute, philosophy of religion

N

• Arne Næss^O1^R, University of Oslo (Emeritus), environmental philosophy
• Thomas Nagel^CO12^R, New York University, philosophy of mind/moral psychology
• Jean-Luc Nancy^R, University of Strasbourg/European Graduate School, social philosophy
• Jan Narveson, University of Waterloo, political philosophy
• Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University, perennial philosophy
• Stephen Neale, Rutgers University, philosophy of language/logic
• Antonio Negri, Collège International de Philosophie/University of Paris I, political philosophy
• Oskar Negt, University of Hanover, critical theory
• Alexander Nehamas, Princeton University, literary theory/aesthetics
• Ted Nelson, Oxford Internet Institute, philosophy of computers
• Kai Nielsen, Concordia University, ethics
• Ernst Nolte, Free University of Berlin, political philosophy
• Christopher Norris, Cardiff University, literary theory
• Martha Nussbaum^CO12, University of Chicago, political philosophy/ethics

O

• Anthony O'Hear, University of Bradford/University of Buckingham, philosophy of science
• Onora O'Neill^O12, Newnham College, Cambridge, ethics/political philosophy

P

• David Papineau, (born 1947)^O12
• Derek Parfit, (born 1942)^CO12
• Ali Paya
• Christopher Peacocke, (born 1950)^O12
• David Pearce
• David Pears, (born 1921)^O12
• Leonard Peikoff, (born 1933)
• Jean-Jacques Pelletier, (born 1947)
• Keith Pepperell
• Richard Stanley Peters, (born 1919)^O1
• Philip Pettit
• Robert Pirsig, (born 1928)
• Alvin Plantinga, (born 1932)^CO12
• Dag Prawitz, (born 1936)
• Robert Priddy, (born 1936)
• Graham Priest
• Hilary Putnam, (born 1926)^CO12^R
• Andrew Pyle

Q

• Anthony Quinton^O12, Trinity College, Oxford, ethics/metaphysics/history of philosophy

R

• Janet Radcliffe Richards^O12, University College London, feminism/bioethics
• Jacques Rancière, University of Paris VIII, political philosophy
• Joseph Raz^O2, Balliol College, philosophy of law
• Nicholas Rescher^O12, University of Pittsburgh, epistemology/metaphysics
• R.R. Rockingham Gill, University of Wales, Lampeter, logic/philosophy of language
• Avital Ronell, New York University/European Graduate School, feminism/deconstructionism
• Richard Rorty^CO12^RS, Stanford University, pragmatism/social philosophy
• Michael Ruse, Florida State University, philosophy of science

S

• Mark Sainsbury, (born 1943)^O12
• Nathan Salmon, (born 1951)
• Michael Sandel, (born 1953)^O1
• Crispin Sartwell, (born 1958)
• John Ralston Saul, (born 1947)
• Fernando Savater, (born 1947)
• Thomas Scanlon^O2
• Richard Schacht, (born 1941)^O12
• Stephen Schiffer^O2
• Hubert Schleichert
• J.B. Schneewind
• Roger Scruton, (born 1944)^O1
• John Searle, (born 1932)^CO12^R
• Amartya Sen, (born 1933)^O12
• Michel Serres, (born 1930)
• Stewart Shapiro
• Darius Shayegan
• Sydney Shoemaker, (born 1931)^O12
• Peter Singer, (born 1946)^O12
• John Skorupski
• Brian Skyrms
• Michael Slote
• Peter Sloterdijk, (born 1947)
• J. J. C. Smart, (born 1920)^CO12^R
• Huston Smith
• Michael Smith, (born 1954)
• Raymond Smullyan, (born 1919)
• Joseph D. Sneed
• Scott Soames
• Elliot Sober
• Alan Soble
• Robert C. Solomon
• Richard Ruston Kharsedji Sorabji, (born 1934)^O12
• Abdolkarim Soroush
• Ernest Sosa, (born 1940)^O12
• Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, (born 1942)
• Timothy L.S. Sprigge, (born 1932)^O12
• Robert Stalnaker, (born 1940)^O12
• Stephen Stich, (born 1944)^O12
• Galen Strawson
• Barry Stroud, (born 1935)^O12
• Richard Swinburne, (born 1934)^CO12
• David Sztybel, (born 1967)

T

• Javad Tabatabaei, Tehran University, political philosophy
• Charles Taylor^CO12^R, McGill University (Emeritus), epistemology/continental philosophy
• Neil Tennant, Ohio State University, metaphysics/epistemology/logic
• Judith Jarvis Thomson^CO12, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Emerita), ethics
• Tzvetan Todorov^R, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, literary theory
• Michael Tooley, University of Colorado at Boulder, metaphysics/epistemology
• Peter Tudvad, University of Copenhagen, Kierkegaard
• Ernst Tugendhat^O12, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Emeritus), epistemology/metaphysics
• Raimo Tuomela, University of Helsinki, philosophy of science/philosophy of action
• Michael Tye, University of Texas at Austin, philosophy of mind/philosophy of science

U

• Peter Unger, New York University, epistemology/ethics
• Alasdair Urquhart, University of Toronto, logic

V

• Bas C. van Fraassen^O12, Princeton University, philosophy of science
• Peter van Inwagen, University of Notre Dame, metaphysics/philosophy of religion
• Gianni Vattimo^R, University of Turin, Continental philosophy/philosophy of religion
• Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Marxism

W

• David Walford, University of Wales, Lampeter, German philosophy
• Kendall Walton^O2, University of Michigan, aesthetics
• Michael Walzer^O12, Institute for Advanced Study, political philosophy/ethics
• Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, University of Dar es Salaam, political philosophy
• Mary Warnock^O12, Girton College, Cambridge (Emerita), ethics/philosophy of mind
• Ota Weinberger^R, Charles University in Prague, legal philosophy/social philosophy
• Cornel West, Princeton University, social philosophy/political philosophy
• David Wiggins^O12, New College, Oxford (Emeritus), ethics/metaphysics
• Ken Wilber, Integral Institute, neo-perennial philosophy
• Dallas Willard, University of Southern California, epistemology/Husserl
• Timothy Williamson^O2, New College, Oxford, epistemology/logic
• Kwasi Wiredu, University of South Florida, African philosophy
• Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University (Emeritus), philosophy of religion/epistemology
• Crispin Wright^O12, University of St. Andrews, philosophy of mathematics/logic

X

Y

Z

• Philip Zhai, Zhongshan University, metaphysics/metaethics
• Zhou Guoping, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, traditional Eastern philosophy
• Slavoj Žižek, European Graduate School/University of Ljubljana, postmodernism

Notes

• Note C: - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, (Second Edition). Cambridge University Press; 1999. ISBN 0521637228

• Note O: - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy.

1: Oxford University Press; 1995. ISBN 0198661320

2: Oxford University Press; 2005. ISBN 0199264791

• Note R: - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in the Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Routledge; 2000. ISBN 0415223644

• Note S: - This person is featured in the peer-reviewed online Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Subjects with an asterisk have an article solicited about them, but not yet published at the encyclopedia (as of 2-22-2006).

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

See also

List of philosophers