List of philosophers born in the 20th century

Philosophers born in the 20th century (and others important in the history of philosophy) listed alphabetically:

For the history of philosophy in the 20th century, see 20th-century philosophy.

Note: This list has a minimal criteria for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.

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

• Elisa Aaltola (1976–)
• Nicola Abbagnano (1901–1990)
• Bijan Abdolkarimi (1963–)
• Taha Abdurrahman （1944–）
• David Abram (1957–)
• Gerd B. Achenbach (1947–)
• Peter Achinstein (1935–)
• Hans Achterhuis （1942–）
• H. B. Acton (1908–1974)
• Marilyn McCord Adams (1943–)^[b][c]
• Robert Merrihew Adams (1937–)^[b][c]
• Mortimer Adler (1902–2001)
• Theodor Adorno (1903–1969)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Sediq Afghan (1958–)
• Michel Aflaq (1910–1989)
• Giorgio Agamben (1942–)
• Hans Albert (1921–)
• Rogers Albritton (1923–2002)
• Virgil Aldrich (1903–1998)^[b]
• Gerda Alexander (1908–1994)
• Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov (1912–1999)
• Robert Alexy (1945–)
• Diogenes Allen (1932–)
• William Alston (1921–2009)^[a][b][c]
• Louis Althusser (1918–1990)^[a][b][c][d]
• Günther Anders (1902–1992)
• Alan Ross Anderson (1925–1973)^[b][c]
• C. Anthony Anderson (1940–)
• Pamela Sue Anderson
• G. E. M. Anscombe (1918–2001)^[a][b][c][d]
• Karl-Otto Apel (1922–)
• Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954–)
• Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• David Malet Armstrong (1926–)^[a][b][c][d]
• Zaki al-Arsuzi (1899–1968)
• Raymond Aron (1905–1983)
• Pandurang Shastri Athavale (1920–2003)
• Robert Audi (1941–)
• John Langshaw Austin (1911–1960)^[a][b][c][d]
• Alfred Jules Ayer (1910–1989)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Joxe Azurmendi (1941–)

B

• Kent Bach (1943–)
• Alain Badiou (1937–)
• Archie J. Bahm (1907–1996)
• Annette Baier (1929–2012)^[b]
• Kurt Baier (1917–2010)^[b]
• Albena Bakratcheva (1961–)
• Tom Baldwin (1947–)
• Étienne Balibar (1942–)
• Hassan al-Banna (1906–1949)
• Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (1915–1975)
• Jonathan Barnes (1942–)^[b][c]
• Brian Barry (1936–2009)^[b][c]
• Norman P. Barry (1944–2008)
• William Barrett (1913–1992)
• Roland Barthes (1915–1980)^[a][c][d]
• Jon Barwise (1942–2000)
• Jacques Barzun (1907–2012)
• Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007)^[c][d][e]
• Monroe Beardsley (1915–1985)
• Jean Beaufret (1907–1982)
• William Bechtel (1951–)
• Lewis White Beck (1913–1997)
• Francis J. Beckwith (1960–)
• Nuel Belnap (1930–)^[b][c]
• Paul Benacerraf (1931–)
• Jonathan Bennett (1930–)^[b][c]
• Geoffrey Bennington (1956–)
• Frithjof Bergmann (1930–)
• Gustav Bergmann (1906–1987)^[a][b][c]
• Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Marshall Berman (1940–2013)
• Robert Bernasconi (1950–)
• Alfred Bernhart (1914–2008)
• Andrew Bernstein (1949–)
• Richard Bett
• Jean-Yves Béziau (1965–)
• Homi K. Bhabha (1949–)
• Roy Bhaskar (1944–2014)
• Harry Binswanger (1944–)
• Max Black (1909–1988)^[b][c]
• Simon Blackburn (1944–)^[b][c]
• Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003)^[d]
• David Blitz
• Ned Block (1942–)^[b][c]
• Allan Bloom (1930–1992)
• Norberto Bobbio (1909–2004)^[b][c][d]
• Jozef Maria Bochenski (1902–1995)
• Paul Boghossian
• Hilary Bok (1959–)
• Sissela Bok (1934–)
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)^[c][d]
• Laurence BonJour (1943–)
• George Boolos (1940–1996)
• Nick Bostrom (1973–)
• Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002)^[d]
• Richard-Bevan Braithwaite (1900–1990)^[b][c]
• Myles Brand (1942–2009)
• Robert Brandom (1950–)^[b][c]
• Richard B. Brandt (1910–1997)^[a][b]
• Michael Bratman (1945–)
• Stephen E. Braude (1945–)
• Harry Brighouse
• Berit Brogaard (1970–)
• Stephen Bronner (1949–)
• John Broome (1947–)
• Pascal Bruckner (1948–)
• Mario Bunge (1919–)
• Tyler Burge (1946–)^[b][c]
• John Burnheim (1928–)
• Myles Burnyeat (1939–)^[b][c]
• Panayot Butchvarov (1933–)
• Judith Butler (1956–)
• Charles Butterworth (1938–)

C

• Amílcar Cabral (1924–1973)^[d]
• John Campbell (1956–)^[b][c]
• Albert Camus (1913–1960)^[a][b][c][d]
• Georges Canguilhem (1904–1995)^[a]
• John D. Caputo (1940–)
• Nancy Cartwright (1944–)^[b][c]
• Quassim Cassam (1961–)
• Hector-Neri Castañeda (1924–1991)^[a]
• David Castle (1967–)
• Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997)
• Paola Cavalieri (1950–)
• Stanley Cavell (1926–)^[a][b][c][d]
• Michel de Certeau (1925–1986)^[d]
• David Chalmers (1966– )^[c]
• Timothy Chambers
• David Charles
• Haridas Chaudhuri (1913–1975)
• Albert Chernenko (1935–2009)
• Roderick Chisholm (1916–1999)^[a][b][c][d]
• Noam Chomsky (1928–)^[a][b][c][d]
• Alonzo Church (1903–1995)^[a][b][c][d]
• Patricia Churchland (1943–)^[a]
• Paul Churchland (1942–)^[a][b][c]
• Frank Cioffi (1928–2012)
• Hélène Cixous (1937–)^[d]
• Andy Clark (1957–)
• Stephen R. L. Clark (1945–)
• David Cockburn (1949–)
• Gerald Cohen (1941–2009)^[b][c]
• L. Jonathan Cohen (1923–2006)^[b][c]
• Lucio Colletti (1924–2001)^[b][c]
• Robin Collins
• André Comte-Sponville (1952–)
• Marcel Conche (1922–)
• Frederick Copleston (1907–1994)
• Jack Copeland (1950–)
• William Lane Craig (1949–)
• Jean Curthoys (1947–)

D

• Newton da Costa (1929–)
• Mary Daly (1928–2010)
• Jonathan Dancy (1946–)
• Arthur Danto (1924–2013)^[a][b][c]
• Donald Davidson (1917–2003)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Brian Davies (1951–)
• Michael Davis (1943–)
• Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986)^[b][c][d][e]
• Alain de Benoist (1943–)
• Alain de Botton (1969–)
• Bruno de Finetti (1906–1985)^[b][c]
• Paul de Man (1919–1983)^[d]
• Guy Debord (1931–1994)
• Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995)^[b][c][d][e]
• Bernard Delfgaauw (1912–1993)
• Daniel Dennett (1942–)^[a][b][c][d]
• Douglas Den Uyl (1950–)
• Jacques Derrida (1930–2004)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Vincent Descombes (1943–)
• Sousa Dias (1956–)
• Daniel Dombrowski (1953–)
• Keith Donnellan (1931–2015)
• Fred Dretske (1932–2013)^[a][b][c]
• Hubert Dreyfus (1929–)
• Michael Dummett (1925–2011)^[a][b][c][d]
• Ronald Dworkin (1931–2013)^[a][b][c][d]
• Miroslaw Dzielski (1941–1989)

E

• William A. Earle (1919–1988)
• John Earman (1942–)^[c]
• Umberto Eco (1932–2016)^[a]
• Dorothy Edgington (1941–)
• James M. Edie (1927–1998)
• Paul Edwards (1923–2004)^[b][c]
• Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)^[d]
• Ignacio Ellacuria (1930–1989)
• Jacques Ellul (1912–1994)
• Jon Elster (1940–)^[b][c]
• John Etchemendy (1952–)
• Gareth Evans (1946–1980)^[b][c][d]
• Stanley Eveling (1925–2008)
• Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze (1963–2007)

F

• Emil Fackenheim (1916–2003)^[d][e]
• Frantz Fanon (1925–1961)^[b][c][d]
• Austin Marsden Farrer (1904–1968)^[d]
• Solomon Feferman (1928–)
• Herbert Feigl (1902–1988)
• Joel Feinberg (1926–2004)^[b][c]
• José Ferrater Mora (1912–1991)^[b][c]
• Paul Feyerabend (1924–1994)^[b][c][d][e]
• Hartry Field (1946–)^[b][c]
• Arthur Fine (1937–)
• Kit Fine (1946–)^[b][c]
• John Finnis (1940–)^[b][c]
• Owen Flanagan (1940–)
• Richard E. Flathman (1934–2015)
• Antony Flew (1923–2010)
• Luciano Floridi (1964–)
• Vilém Flusser (1920–1991)
• Jerry Fodor (1935–)^[a][b][c][d]
• Dagfinn Føllesdal (1932–)^[b][c]
• Philippa Foot (1920–2010)^[a][b][c]
• Michel Foucault (1926–1984)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Bas van Fraassen (1941– )
• William K. Frankena (1908–1994)^[a][b][c]
• Harry Frankfurt (1929–)^[b][c]
• Oliver Shewell Franks (1905–1992)
• Michael Frede (1940–2007)^[b][c]
• Hans Wilhelm Frei (1922–1988)^[d]
• Erich Fromm (1900–1980)
• Northrop Frye (1912–1991)
• Lon L. Fuller (1902–1978)^[d]

G

• Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Raimond Gaita (1946–)
• David Gauthier (1932–)^[b][c]
• Peter Geach (1916–)^[a][b][c]
• Ernest Gellner (1925–1995)
• Gerhard Gentzen (1909–1945)^[b][c][d]
• Alexander George
• Bernard Gert (1934–2011)
• Edmund Gettier (1927–)^[b][c]
• Raymond Geuss (1948–)
• Alan Gewirth (1912–2004)^[b][c]
• Rashid al-Ghannushi (1941–)
• Allan Gibbard (1942–)^[b][c]
• Margaret Gilbert (1942–)
• Neil Gillman (1933–)
• René Girard (1923–2015)
• Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917–2010)
• Jonathan Glover (1941–)^[b][c]
• Kurt Gödel (1906–1978)^[b][c][d]
• Peter Goldie (1946–2011)
• Alvin Goldman (1938–)^[a][b][c]
• Lucien Goldmann (1913–1970)
• Jacob Golomb
• Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994)
• Nelson Goodman (1906–1998)^[a][b][c][d]
• Paul Goodman (1911–1972)
• Allan Gotthelf (1942–2013)
• George Grant (1918–1988)
• John Gray (1948–)
• A. C. Grayling (1949–)
• Celia Green (1935–)
• Herbert Paul Grice (1913–1988)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Germain Grisez (1929–)^[b]
• Adolf Grünbaum (1923–)^[b][c]
• Félix Guattari (1930–1992)
• Gotthard Günther (1900–1984)
• Samuel Guttenplan (1944–)
• Paul Guyer (1948–)
• Kwame Gyekye (1939–)

H

• Susan Haack (1945–)
• Jürgen Habermas (1929–)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Peter Hacker (1939–)
• Ian Hacking (1936–)^[b][c]
• Manly Palmer Hall (1901–1990)
• Philip Hallie (1922–1994)
• Stuart Hampshire (1914–2004)^[b][c]
• Alastair Hannay (1932–)^[b][c]
• Norwood Russell Hanson (1922–1967)^[d]
• Donna Haraway (1944–)
• Michael Hardt (1960–)
• John E. Hare (1949–)
• R. M. Hare (1919–2002)^[a][b][c][d]
• Gilbert Harman (1938–)^[b][c]
• Errol Harris (1908–2009)
• H. L. A. Hart (1907–1992)^[a][b][c][d]
• David Bentley Hart (1965–)
• Sally Haslanger
• John Haugeland (1945–2010)
• John Hawthorne
• Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976)^[b][c][d]
• Ágnes Heller (1929–)
• Erich Heller (1911–1990)
• Futa Helu (1934–2010)
• Carl Gustav Hempel (1905–1997)^[a][b][c][d]
• Michel Henry (1922–2002)
• Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972)^[d]
• Mary Hesse (1924–)
• John Hick (1922–2012)^[b]
• Stephen Hicks (1960–)
• Alice von Hildebrand (1923–)
• Jaakko Hintikka (1929–2015)^[a][b][c]
• Ted Honderich (1933–)^[c]
• Sidney Hook (1902–1989)^[b][c]
• Jennifer Hornsby (1951–)^[b][c]
• Paul Horwich (1947–)^[b][c]
• John Hospers (1918–2011)
• Paulin J. Hountondji (1942–)
• Rosalind Hursthouse (1943–)
• Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899–1977)
• Hsu Fu-kuan (1903–1982)^[a]
• Jean Hyppolite (1907–1968)

I

• Don Ihde (1934–)
• Evald Vassilievich Ilyenkov (1924–1979)^[d]
• Peter van Inwagen (1942–)
• Luce Irigaray (1930–)^[a][b][c][d]
• Terence Irwin (1947–)^[b][c]

J

• Frank Jackson (1943–)^[b][c]
• Fredric Jameson (1934–)
• Christopher Janaway
• Erich Jantsch (1929–1980)
• Richard C. Jeffrey (1926–2002)^[b][c]
• Hans Jonas (1903–1993)

K

• Shelly Kagan (1954–)^[c]
• Robert Kane (1938–)
• Jerrold Katz (1932–2002)
• Walter Kaufmann (1921–1980)
• David Kaplan (1933–)^[b][c]
• David Kelley (1949–)
• Anthony Kenny (1931–)^[b][c]
• Mahmoud Khatami
• Jaegwon Kim (1934–)^[a][b][c]
• Mark Kingwell (1963–)
• Robert Kirk
• Richard Kirkham (1955–)
• Philip Kitcher (1947–)^[c]
• Martha Klein
• Peter D. Klein (1940–)
• Brian Klug
• William Calvert Kneale (1906–1990)^[b][c]
• Hans Köchler (1948–)
• Arthur Koestler (1905–1983)
• Alexandre Kojève (1902–1968)^[d]
• John Kok (1948–)
• Leszek Kolakowski (1927–2009)
• Hilary Kornblith
• Stephan Körner (1913–2000)
• Christine Korsgaard (1952–)^[c]
• Peter Kreeft (1937–)
• Georg Kreisel^[b][c]
• Saul Kripke (1940–)^[b][c]
• Julia Kristeva (1941–)^[a][b][c][d]
• Irving Kristol (1920–2009)
• Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909–1999)
• Thomas Samuel Kuhn (1922–1996)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Will Kymlicka (1962–)

L

• Jacques Lacan (1901–1981)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940–2007)^[d]
• Imre Lakatos (1922–1974)^[b][c][d][e]
• Michèle Le Dœuff (1948–)^[b][c][d]
• Henri Lefebvre (1901–1991)^[d]
• Keith Lehrer (1936–)^[b][c]
• Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903–1994)^[d]
• Brian Leiter (1963–)
• James G. Lennox (1948–)
• Ernest Lepore
• Isaac Levi (1930–)
• Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1995)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009)^[b][c][d]
• Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948–)
• David Kellogg Lewis (1941–2001)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Suzanne Lilar (1901–1992)
• Alphonso Lingis (1933–)
• Gilles Lipovetsky (1944–)
• Arthur Lipsett (1936–1986)
• Knud Ejler Løgstrup (1905–1981)
• Bernard Lonergan (1904–1984)^[d]
• Paul Lorenzen (1915–1995)^[d]
• Roderick T. Long (1964–)
• John R. Lucas (1929–)^[b]
• Peter Ludlow (1957–)
• William Lycan (1945–)^[b][c]
• Jean-François Lyotard (1924–1998)^[a][b][c][d]

M

• Dwight Macdonald (1906–1982)
• Tibor R. Machan (1939–2016)
• Alasdair MacIntyre (1929–)^[a][b][c][d]
• Louis Mackey (1926–2004)
• John Leslie Mackie (1917–1981)^[b][c]
• Penelope Maddy (1950–)
• Norman Malcolm (1911–1990)^[a][b][c]
• David Malament (1947–)
• Mostafa Malekian (1956–)
• Merab Mamardashvili (1930–1990)^[d]
• Jon Mandle
• Claude Mangion (1961–)^[a]
• Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921–2012)^[a][b][c]
• Julián Marías (1914–2005)
• Donald A. Martin (1940–)
• Michael Martin (1932–2015)
• Abul A'la Maududi (1903–1979)
• George I. Mavrodes
• Ron McClamrock
• John McDowell (1942–)^[b][c]
• Colin McGinn (1950–)^[b][c]
• Terence McKenna (1946–2000)
• Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
• Jeff McMahan (1954–)
• John McMurtry
• Alfred Mele
• David Hugh Mellor (1938–)^[b][c]
• Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908–1961)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Thomas Metzinger (1958–)
• Vincent Miceli (1915–1991)
• Mary Midgley (1919–)
• Alan Millar (1947–)
• Fred Miller
• Ruth Millikan (1933–)^[b][c]
• C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)
• Richard Montague (1930–1971)^[c][d]
• Max More (1964–)
• J. P. Moreland (1948–)
• Sidney Morgenbesser (1921–2004)
• Adam Morton (1945–)
• Mou Zongsan (1909–1995)^[a]
• Iris Murdoch (1919–1999)^[b][c]
• Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922–1999)

N

• Arne Næss (1912–2009)^[b][d]
• Ernest Nagel (1901–1985)^[a][b][c][d]
• Thomas Nagel (1937–)^[a][b][c][d]
• Jean-Luc Nancy (1940–)^[d]
• Jan Narveson (1936–)
• Hossein Nasr(1933–)
• Stephen Neale(1958–)
• Antonio Negri (1933–)
• Oskar Negt(1934–)
• Alexander Nehamas (1946–)
• John von Neumann (1903–1957)^[a][b][c][d]
• Jay Newman (1948–2007)
• Kai Nielsen (1926–)
• Nishitani Keiji (1900–1990)^[b][c][d]
• Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972)^[b][c]
• Nel Noddings (1929–)
• Ernst Nolte (1923–)
• Calvin Normore (1948–)
• Christopher Norris (1947–)
• David L. Norton (1930–1995)
• Robert Nozick (1938–2001)^[a][b][c][d]
• Martha Nussbaum (1947–)^[a][b][c]

O

• Anthony O'Hear
• Onora O'Neill (1941–)
• Michael Oakeshott (1901–1990)^[a][b][c][d]
• Albert Outler (1908–1989)
• Gwilyn Ellis Lane Owen (1922–1982)^[b][c][d]

P

• David Papineau (1947–)^[b][c]
• Derek Parfit (1942–)^[a][b][c]
• John Arthur Passmore (1914–2004)^[d]
• Jan Patočka (1907–1977)^[d]
• Christopher Peacocke (1950–)^[b][c]
• David Pearce
• David Pears (1921–2009)^[b][c]
• Jean-Jacques Pelletier (1947–)
• Leonard Peikoff (1933–)
• Lorenzo Peña (1944–)
• Richard Stanley Peters (1919–2011)^[b]
• Philip Pettit (1945–)
• Gualtiero Piccinini (1970–)
• Herman Philipse (1951–)
• D. Z. Phillips (1934–2006)
• Giovanni Piana (1940–)
• Alexander Piatigorsky (1929–2009)
• Robert M. Pirsig (1928–)
• Alvin Plantinga (1932–)^[a][b][c]
• Thomas Pogge (1953–)
• Louis P. Pojman (1935–2005)
• Leonardo Polo (1926–2013)
• Richard Popkin (1923–2005)
• K. J. Popma (1903–1986)
• Karl Popper (1902–1994)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Dag Prawitz (1936–)
• Graham Priest (1948–)
• Arthur Prior (1914–1969)^[c][d][e]
• Harry Prosch (1917–2005)
• Hilary Putnam (1926–2016)^[a][b][c][d]
• Andrew Pyle (1955–)

Q

• Qiu Renzong (1933–)
• Willard Van Orman Quine (1908–2000)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Anthony Quinton (1925–2010)^[b][c]
• Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966)

R

• James Rachels (1941–2003)
• Ayn Rand (1905–1982)^[e]
• Karl Rahner (1904–1984)^[d]
• Peter Railton (1950–)
• Tariq Ramadan (1962–)
• Frank P. Ramsey (1903–1930)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}*
• Ian Thomas Ramsey (1915–1972)^[d]
• Paul Ramsey (1913–1988)
• Jacques Rancière (1940–)
• Douglas B. Rasmussen (1948–)
• John Rawls (1921–2002)^[a][b][c][d]
• Joseph Raz (1939–)
• George Reisman (1937–)
• Nicholas Rescher (1928–)^[b][c]
• Janet Radcliffe Richards (1944–)^[b][c]
• Radovan Richta (1924–1983)
• Paul Ricoeur (1913–2005)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• R. R. Rockingham Gill (1944–)
• Avital Ronell (1952–)
• Richard Rorty (1931–2007)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Gillian Rose (1947–1995)
• Alexander Rosenberg (1946–)
• Gian-Carlo Rota (1932–1999)
• Joseph Rovan (1918–2004)
• William L. Rowe (1931–)
• Michael Ruse (1940–)
• Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976)^[a][b][c][d]
• Robert Rynasiewicz

S

• Mark Sainsbury (1943–)^[b][c]
• Nathan Salmon (1951–)
• Wesley Salmon (1925–2001)^[b][c]
• Michael J. Sandel (1953–)^[b]
• David H. Sanford (1937–)
• Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar (1921–1990)
• Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Crispin Sartwell (1958–)
• John Ralston Saul (1947–)
• Fernando Savater (1947–)
• Thomas Scanlon (1940–)^[c]
• Richard Schacht (1941–)^[b][c]
• Francis Schaeffer (1912–1984)
• Stephen Schiffer (1940–)^[c]
• Hubert Schleichert (1935–)
• J. B. Schneewind (1930–)
• Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998)
• Roger Scruton (1944–)^[b]
• John Searle (1932–)^[a][b][c][d]
• Wilfrid Sellars (1912–1989)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Amartya Sen (1933–)^[b][c]
• Michel Serres (1930–)
• Neven Sesardić (1949–)
• Stanley Sfekas (1942–)
• Stewart Shapiro (1951–)
• Dariush Shayegan (1935–)
• Abner Shimony (1928–2015)
• Sydney Shoemaker (1931–)^[b][c]
• Richard Shusterman
• Peter Singer (1946–)^[b][c]
• B. F. Skinner (1904–1990)^[d]
• John Skorupski (1946–)
• Brian Skyrms (1938–)
• Michael Slote
• Peter Sloterdijk (1947–)
• J. J. C. Smart (1920–2012)^[a][b][c][d]
• Huston Smith (1919–)
• Michael A. Smith (1954–)
• Tara Smith (1961–)
• Raymond Smullyan (1919–)
• Joseph D. Sneed (1938–)
• Scott Soames (1946–)
• Elliott Sober (1948–)
• Alan Soble (1947–)
• Robert C. Solomon (1942–2007)
• Joseph Soloveitchik (1903–1993)^[d][e]
• Richard Sorabji (1934–)^[b][c]
• Abdolkarim Soroush (1945–)
• David Sosa
• Ernest Sosa (1940–)^[b][c]
• Thomas Sowell (1930–)
• David Spangler (1945–)
• Herbert Spiegelberg (1904–1990)
• Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942–)
• Timothy Sprigge (1932–2007)^[b][c]
• Edward Stachura (1937–1979)
• Robert Stalnaker (1940–)^[b][c]
• Jason Stanley (1969–)
• Charles Leslie Stevenson (1908–1979)^[b][c][d]
• Stephen Stich (1943–) ^[b][c]
• Bernard Stiegler (1952–)
• Dejan Stojanović (1959–)
• Jeffrey Stout (1950–)
• David Stove (1927–1994)
• Galen Strawson (1952–)
• P. F. Strawson (1919–2006)^[a][b][c][d]
• Gisela Striker (1943–)
• Barry Stroud (1935–)^[b][c]
• Patrick Suppes (1922–2014)
• Richard Swinburne (1934–)^[a][b][c]
• David Sztybel (1967–)

T

• Javad Tabatabai (1945–)
• Nassim Nicholas Taleb (1960–)
• Robert B. Talisse (1970–)
• Tang Junyi (1909–1978)^[a]
• Alfred Tarski (1901–1983)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Charles Taylor (1931–)^[a][b][c][d]
• Richard Taylor (1919–2003)^[b][c]
• Placide Tempels (1906–1977)
• Neil Tennant (1950–)
• Irving Thalberg Jr. (1930–1988)
• Helmut Thielicke (1908–1986)^[d]
• Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929–)^[a][b][c]
• Tzvetan Todorov (1939–)^[d]
• Stephen Toulmin (1922–2009)
• Peter Tudvad (1966–)
• Ernst Tugendhat (1930–)^[b][c]
• Raimo Tuomela (1940–)
• Alan Turing (1912–1954)^[b][c][d][e]

U

• Peter Unger (1942–)
• Ivo Urbančič (1930–)
• Alasdair Urquhart (1945–)

V

• Bas van Fraassen (1941–)^[b][c]
• Peter van Inwagen (1942–)
• Philippe Van Parijs (1951–)
• Francisco Varela (1946–2001)
• Juha Varto (1949–)
• Gianni Vattimo (1936–)^[d]
• Achille Varzi (1958–)
• Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez (1915–2011)
• Henry Babcock Veatch (1911–1997)
• Michel Villey (1914–1988)^[d]
• Gregory Vlastos (1907–1991)^[b][c][d]
• Eric Voegelin (1901–1985)^[d]
• Jules Vuillemin (1920–2001)
• Georg Henrik von Wright (1916–2003)^[a][b][c][d]

W

• Margaret Urban Walker (1948–)
• Doug Walton
• Kendall Walton (1939–)^[c]
• Michael Walzer (1935–)^[b][c]
• Ernest Wamba dia Wamba (1942–)
• Hao Wang (1921–1995)^[b][c]
• Georgia Warnke
• Geoffrey J. Warnock (1923–1996)^[b][c]
• Mary Warnock (1924–)^[b][c]
• Alan Watts (1915–1973)
• Brian Weatherson
• Simone Weil (1909–1943)^[a][b][c][d]
• Morris Weitz (1916–1981)
• Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912–2007)
• Albrecht Wellmer (1933–)
• Cornel West (1953–)
• Jennifer Whiting
• David Wiggins (1933–)^[b][c]
• John Daniel Wild (1902–1972)
• Dallas Willard (1935–2013)
• Bernard Williams (1929–2003)^{[a][b][c][d][e]}
• Timothy Williamson (1955– )^[c]
• Jessica Wilson
• Margaret Dauler Wilson (1939–1998)
• Peter Winch (1926–1997)^[b][c]
• Kwasi Wiredu (1931–)
• John Wisdom (1904–1993)^[b][c]
• Charlotte Witt (1951–)
• Monique Wittig (1935–2003)
• Susan R. Wolf (1952–)
• Ursula Wolf (1951–)
• Richard Wollheim (1923–2003)^[b][c]
• Nicholas Wolterstorff (1932–)
• Paul Woodruff (1943–)
• Crispin Wright (1942–)^[b][c]
• Jerzy Wróblewski (1926–1990)^[d]
• Alison Wylie

X

• Xu Liangying (1920–2013)

Y

• Cemal Yıldırım (1925–2009)
• Francis Parker Yockey (1917–1960)
• Arthur M. Young (1905–1995)
• Damon Young (1975–)
• Iris Marion Young (1949–2006)
• Jiyuan Yu (1964–)

Z

• Santiago Zabala (1975–)
• Naomi Zack
• Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski (1946–)
• Dan Zahavi
• José Zalabardo (1964–)
• Edward N. Zalta (1952–)
• Marlène Zarader (1949–)
• Ingo Zechner (1972–)
• Eddy Zemach
• John Zerzan (1943–)
• Yujian Zheng
• Zhai Zhenming (1957–)
• Zhou Guoping (1945–)
• Paul Ziff (1920–2003)
• Robert Zimmer (1953–)
• Dean Zimmerman
• Michael E. Zimmerman (1946–)
• Alexander Zinoviev (1922–2006)
• Slavoj Žižek (1949–)
• Elémire Zolla (1926–2002)
• Volker Zotz (1956–)
• François Zourabichvili (1965–2006)
• Estanislao Zuleta (1935–1990)
• Alenka Zupančič (1965–)
• Jan Zwicky (1955–)

See also

• 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

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1. The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (Second Edition). Cambridge University Press; 1999. ISBN 0-521-63722-8
2. The Oxford Companion to Philosophy Oxford University Press; 1995. ISBN 0-19-866132-0
3. The Oxford Companion to Philosophy Oxford University Press; 2005. ISBN 0-19-926479-1
4. Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Routledge; 2000. ISBN 0-415-22364-4
5. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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