Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) was a prominent English political philosopher reputable for his political philosophy, a field he is often credited with being its founder. This entry brings into focus Hobbes’ […]
The Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), most notable for his ideas in the philosophy of language and logic, had a vested interest in the use of language because he believed […]
Logical positivism was a philosophical movement that flourished between 1920 and 1960 in several centers across Europe and the United States. The movement’s proponents were all empiricists of a kind […]
The pre-Socratic intellectual tradition is thought to have begun with Thales of Miletus of the Ionian school. There are two other pre-Socratic schools: the Italians and Athenians. The Italian philosophers, […]
The pre-Socratic philosophers were thinkers within the Western intellectual tradition (mostly) preceding the life Socrates (c. 469 – c. 399 BC) living in Ionia (coast of modern day Turkey), Italy, […]
“Sophist” refers to a number of intellectuals in the 5th century BC representing a school of thought arising out of an intellectual impasse reached between the Ionian and Italian pre-Socratic […]
Many historians and philosophers will claim that of all the Ancient Greek philosophers Socrates (468-399 BC) is the most recognizable. He stands in as the symbolic figure of the philosopher […]
Stoicism was a philosophical movement of the Hellenistic period founded by Zeno of Citium (c. 334 – c. 262 BC). Its name comes from the Stoa Poikile, a popular site […]
Epicurus (341-270 BC) was an influential Greek philosopher active during the Hellenistic period, and the founder of Epicureanism. This period was home to several schools of philosophy in competition with […]
God as the Unmoved Mover In his Metaphysics, Aristotle reasoned that everything that is in motion owes its movement to something else. He observed the night skies where he witnessed […]
