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Born 1686 or 1687 • Aberdeen • Scotland
Died April 23, 1750 • Scotland
Aristotle
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
Plato
Plato
Greek philosopher
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher
René Descartes
René Descartes
French mathematician and philosopher
Benedict de Spinoza
Benedict de Spinoza
Dutch-Jewish philosopher
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German philosopher and mathematician
Eduard von Hartmann
German philosopher
Sir William Hamilton, detail of an oil painting by J. Ballantyne; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
Scottish philosopher and educator
James Frederick Ferrier
Scottish philosopher
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher
Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam
American philosopher
Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger
German philosopher
Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead
British mathematician and philosopher
George Berkeley
George Berkeley
Irish philosopher
Johann Gottfried von Herder
Johann Gottfried von Herder
German philosopher
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher
Henri Bergson
Henri Bergson
French philosopher
Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida
French philosopher
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
German philosopher
Sir Michael A.E. Dummett
British philosopher

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